Strike turns ugly in S/Phikwe

Workers in school uniforms invaded the government hospital where they queued as patients seeking medical attention before assembling outside the facility, singing liberation songs as they tossed dustbins and tree branches. From the hospital, the workers proceeded to Selebi-Phikwe Town Council where they flushed out non-striking workers, breaking windows and tossing steel benches in the process.

Terrified, the non-striking workers scuppered, locking themselves in their offices as those on the ground floor took flight to upper floors from where they peeped at the angry mass of humanity in the parking lot down below.  After making their emphatic statement at the council, the workers surrounded the statue of Sir Seretse Khama where they sang the national anthem before chanting slogans calling for the downfall of his son, President Ian Khama.