Afriques en Lutte

Victoire de la gauche au Botswana

Paul Martial — 2024-11-25T11:00:00Z

La victoire électorale de la gauche suscite des espoirs d'une rupture avec la politique inégalitaire qui prévaut depuis l'indépendance du pays.
Les élections au Botswana, pays d'Afrique australe de 2,6 millions d'habitantEs situé au-dessus de l'Afrique du Sud, ont eu lieu le 30 octobre. Fait inattendu, la victoire écrasante de l'opposition classée à gauche imposant une alternance inédite depuis l'indépendance du pays en 1966.
Diamants pour quelques-uns
Plus qu'une défaite, c'est une (…)

- Botswana / Election présidentielle

Union win stops unfair retrenchments at Botswana diamond mine

Botswana Mine Workers Union's (BMWU) — 2023-05-21T04:30:00Z

The Botswana Mine Workers Union's (BMWU) win in an industrial court on 28 April has stopped unfair retrenchments at Lucara Botswana's security department at the Karowe diamond mine, the same mine which unearthed “Lesedi la rona” (our light) in 2015 - the largest diamond to be discovered in a century. The mine has also dug three diamonds with over 1,000 carats each and sold “The Constellation”, an 813-carat diamond for a record US$63 million for a rough gem in 2016.
The dispute with the (…)

- Botswana / syndicalisme

Young workers commit to active participation in transforming trade unions in Botswana

2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

The youth activist schools are spaces where young workers discuss how they can be catalysts in the transformation of trade unions. Recommendations from the schools have included strategies and tactics on how young workers can be change agents that shape and drive the future of unions.
The second Sub-Saharan Africa IndustriALL Global Union-Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) youth activist school program this year took place in Gaborone, Botswana, 20-23 July. Over 20 young workers (…)

- Botswana / syndicalisme

Botswana : The legacy of Kgosi Bathoen Gaseitsi

2015-05-06T03:04:00Z

As part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary, the Botswana National Front will be releasing a series of articles in celebration of its achievements and challenges over the years. This will also include profiles of its former leaders. We start with this article which profile the legacy of former President, Cde Bathoen Gaseitsiwe.
A noble man who loathed nobility (he didn't mind just being addressed as ‘' comrade B2'') ; a seasoned and time tested politician who loathed politics and (…)

- Botswana / Histoire

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is right wing

Botswana National Front — 2015-04-26T03:17:00Z

We are not bitter that the the BDP is now a member of Socialist International (SI). Not at all. From the BNF side we would not even have said a thing had the BDP's Secretary General just celebrated their strange affair with SI without making reference to us. Ntuane makes a number of wild claims about his party's successes in education, health, poverty reduction which he then says adequately qualifies BDP for admission to SI. The latest figures of transition to higher education in this (…)

- Botswana / Analyse

Botswana : UDC on Israeli actions

Umbrella For Democratic Change (UDC) — 2015-01-22T04:33:00Z

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) strongly criticises the continued cruel and barbaric actions by the state of Israeli against the People of Palestine. We can not stand by while Israeli continues to take land, rights, civil liberties, pride and literally everything from the Palestinians.
The recent decision by Israeli to punish Palestinians for applying to join the Rome Statute of the ICC in the Hague shows who the real aggressor is. The ICC was set up to try war crimes and crimes (…)

- Botswana

Groundbreaking court ruling allows LGBT rights group to register organisation in Botswana

Human Rights Watch — 2014-11-27T04:09:00Z

The Botswana High Court, in a groundbreaking decision, ruled on November 14, 2014, that members of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights group could formally register their organization, Human Rights Watch said today.
The decision was issued in response to a petition filed by Lesbian, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO) to register under the Botswana Societies Act. The Botswana registrar of societies rejected the group's request to register in March 2012. (…)

- Botswana / Homosexualité

Botswana : slap on the face of workers

Umbrella For Democratic Change (UDC) — 2014-11-16T04:16:00Z

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) is grossly concerned by the appointment of four special elected Members of Parliament from Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) .If the appropriate people from BDP were nominated, there would have been no problems. All the four special nominated do not qualify for such nomination.
Mr Eric Molale has failed dismally as Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP). He leaves a seriously demoralised public service workforce. The productivity of the public (…)

- Botswana / communiqués partis amis et associations

Botswana : PRESS RELEASE OF UDC

Umbrella For Democratic Change (UDC) — 2014-11-09T04:48:00Z

The Umbrella For Democratic Change (UDC) would like to thank all those voters who placed a mark against its symbol in the General Elections. As a party that was contesting the General Elections for the first time, we are happy with the number of seats we got. To get 17 seats in a General Election in Botswana as an opposition party is a huge achievement. From the voting patterns and results of these Elections there are two important points to note ;
1.That the Botswana Democratic Party (…)

- Botswana / communiqués partis amis et associations, Election

Botswana : Don't let them divide the workers Unite and resist 4% Peanuts !

2014-04-28T03:03:00Z

We are here on the streets again. The first time since the ‘mother of all strikes' of the public service workers in 2011. Demonstrating against a unilaterally declared 4% pay rise by the president in complete ignorance and violation of the process of the ongoing bargaining council between BOFEPUSO and government.
Divide and rule tactics
While public sector workers ‘outside the bargaining council' receive their 4% salary increase immediately, unionized workers have ‘to wait' until the (…)

- Botswana / communiqués partis amis et associations, luttes ouvrières