
The ghost of deposed Executive Chairman of Babereki Investment and former Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) president, Andrew Motsamai, refuses to loosen its grip on the embattled trade union, or just fade into oblivion. As trouble besieging 'the union of choice' deteriorated to an all time low, candidates often linked to Motsamai, who were persecuted by the returning President, Masego Mogwera, surprised many by dominating elections for national office bearers' positions, held in Kasane on Wednesday. Motsamai's hand was at play feeding Mogwera the bitter taste of her own medicine. As they say, karma is a beach! And Mogwera is having it in bucket loads. Although she managed to cling to the Presidency, she will not have any powers to exercise any authority because all other office bearers positions have been scooped by her opponents at the tri-annual elective national general congress. It is a given that from now on national executive (board) decisions will become a game of numbers, and it remains only a matter of time to see if Mogwera will stand the heat. Last year, in September 2017, Mogwera had unceremoniously dismissed Motsamai after accusing him of embezzling funds amounting to over P40 million belonging to the…