The chronicles of BMWU, BCL wage dispute
Friday, September 26, 2014

The time in between is splattered with demands and threats by the Union.
At one point it demanded that BCL board chairman Dr Akolang Tombale should sack the mine’s General Manager Daniel Mahupela and Divisional Manager of Organisational Capabilities Motsile Sibanda. Then union members threatened to boycott the October 24 general elections as well as to embark on a strike.
Stock theft has become rampant and difficult to contain thus keeping the police on their toes as the country is rocked by stock theft cases that are becoming difficult to contain.This form of crime is causing great misery to farmers in Botswana, especially in rural communities that largely depend on agriculture for a living. As stock theft cases escalate, the police say that most of the meat consumed in major towns and villages is from stolen...