Botswana can and must have one Trade Union Federation

What is interesting, however, is that in that same article an official from BOFEPUSU chided the gentleman and called him undisciplined. He also said there is no federation that can affiliate to another federation, although I don’t think that is what the BOSETU comrade was saying. His point was simply that we need one federation in Botswana and not two and that the existing ones should work towards achieving that. This view is shared by, amongst others, BOPEU who have come out strongly to support unification of trade unions in Botswana. This is a view that BFTU has carried and still does strongly advocate for.

There is a view that I have heard being propagated by some BOFEPUSU leadership, that of BFTU and BOFEPUSU forming a confederation. This view is informed by another view mentioned above, that two federations cannot form a federation. I wish to address these two issues to try and bring understanding on the subject matter.