Unionist Mogende Laid To Rest

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TONOTA: Thousands of people from the labour movement on Saturday thronged Tonota village to pay their last respects to former Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) president, Golekanye Mogende.

Mogende committed suicide in his under construction house in Kopong, in a move that left many in a state of shock. Several speakers described him as a tireless fighter who wanted to see things properly done. His uncle Khumo Mogende explained that for the past two months Mogende showed signs of ill health and indicated that he would quit the union job by December this year because it was too demanding and his family was suffering in the process.

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