Workers unions warn Masisi against SOPE extension

In a strongly worded letter, the Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) and Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) have cautioned President Mokgwetsi Masisi against extending the state of Public Emergency (SOPE)

The labour unions have argued that President has no justification to continue with the state of emergency.

The letter reads in part “Your government through Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Presidential Covid 19 Task Team has advised the nation to learn to leave this pandemic as they do their day to day social and economic chores...