
Suspended President of Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU), Masego Mogwera, may have been economical with the truth pertaining to her remuneration during the period of her secondment to the union secretariat, in her numerous court battles. Information has surfaced showing that Mogwera may have lied under oath and misled the Court of Appeal, when she swore in a confirmatory affidavit filed on 27 August 2018 that her allowance at Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) during her time of secondment is only P23 306.16. “It is completely false that I draw a salary in excess of P70 000.00 as alleged,” she wrote in court documents. Contrary to such declaration made under oath an investigation launched by The Patriot on Sunday has found her payslip for the month of March 2019 showing that she earns a gross salary of P41, 180.78 made up of a basic salary of P33, 366.42 and a car allowance of P7,812.36. This monthly salary dates as far back as 01 July 2017. Just before Christmas in 2017, the Head of BOPEU Secretariat, General Secretary Topias Marenga wrote to Mogwera informing her that for the year 2017/18 management had resolved to award 4% inflationary adjustment to her salary…