
Our organization was founded in 1999 to address massive issues of unemployment, democratic control and social injustices and in a non-sectarian manner. Botshabelo Unemployed Movement (BUM) aims to serve, both the rural and peri-urban poor communities of our province. Botshabelo, meaning “a place of refuge”, is a large township set up by the then apartheid government 45 km east of Bloemfontein, Free State province,
Updates from BUM:
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Assembly Resources:
Cry of the Xcluded:
- Unemployed march to Parliament demanding jobs
- Budget 2022/3: Tell no lies, claim no easy victories
- Budget 2022/3: Tell no lies, claim no easy victories
- Budget Day Statement from the Cry of the Xcluded and the Assembly of the Unemployed!
- MTBPS Response: This Budget will tear society apart.
- MTBPS Response: This Budget will tear society apart.
- Memorandum for the Minister Of Finance @ Parliament ahead of MTBPS.
- Memorandum for the Minister Of Finance @ Parliament ahead of MTBPS.
- Memorandum: SABC must stop pandering to elite and serve the public good
- Memorandum: SABC must stop pandering to elite and serve the public good