Gaborone (Botswana) 30 August 2022 (SPS)- The leadership of Botswana Land Boards Local Authorities and Health Workers Union (BLLAHWU), paid a solidarity visit to the Saharawi Embassy in Gaborone to get detailed briefing on the last developments in Western Sahara and reiterate its principled and firm support to the Saharawi people’s legitimate struggle for freedom, dignity and independence.
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Ketlhalefile Motshegwa is having the last laugh against Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) Chairman, Solomon Mantswe after court ordered his reinstatement as a Trustee representing Botswana Landboards, Local Authorities and Health Workers Union (BLLAHWU).
Motshegwa and his trade union, BLLAHWU where he is the Secretary General sued BPOPF after Mantswe ochestrated a spirited fight to have him expelled from the Board because he had stood as a candidate contesting a parliamentary seat in the 2019 general elections under the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). BLLAHWU was represented by its attorney Nelson Ramaotwana.
Delivering the judgment four weeks ago, Lobatse High Court Judge Mercy Garekwe said BPOPF are compelled to admit Motshegwa on Board of Trustees of BPOPF with immediate effect. Garekwe also ordered that the decision by the BPOPF Board of Trustees to expel Motshegwa from the board on 16
BLLAHWU VP: Boemo Bato
The Second Vice President of Botswana Landboard Local Authorities and Health Workers Union (BLLAHWU) Boemo Bato has withdrawn her affidavit in a case against the union.
Bato, the Union Vice President 1, Nicholas Letso Mothelesi and Treasurer General Baone Seloka filed an application challenging the renewal of the Secretary General’s contract.
Following Bato’s withdrwal from the case, Mothelesi and Seloka were expelled from the Central Executive Committee for taking the union to court and talking to media and their membership revoked.
Mothelesi appealed and the appeals board sent the matter back to the union for re-trial. On the 24th appeals board released the verdict for Seloka confirming his dismissal.