Anxiety reigns supreme among public officers who are members of trade unions affiliated to Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU), a week after the federation’s party resigned from Public service bargaining Council (PSBC). A lapse on the part of BOFEPUSU in the midst of a volatile environment almost dealt them a final blow, but the federation quickly turned the tables on the employer in the nick of time. A Public service bargaining Council (PSBC) meeting scheduled for next Thursday was to be used by Government to destroy the federation and throw it out of the Council for violating its constitution, which technically terminates membership. The only thing remaining was an endorsement of the termination by the Council, which would discredit the whole BOFEPUSU leadership. On Friday the Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP) Carter Morupisi, who recently announced a four percent salary increase for public officers who are not part of the PSBC, declined to shed light on what will happen going forward. He referred enquiries on the salaries issue to the Director of Public Service Management (DPSM) Ruth Maphorisa who could not be reached at the time of going to print. "She is the employer and therefore best…