Government is being accused of forum shopping after it filed papers before the Court of Appeal to strike down Justice Tshepo Motswagole’s judgment that set aside a 3 percent salary increment to public service officers who fall within the scope of the Public Service Bargaining Council (PSBC).
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18 Apr 2017
Francistown High Court’s Justice Bengbame Sechele stopped short of accusing the Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) of rumor mongering and meddling in the affairs of the Public Service Bargaining Council (PSBC).
18 Apr 2017
Having resisted a straightforward legal point for over a year, the government has finally capitulated at the doorstep of the High Court. The capitulation means that the unlawful contents of a now three-year old savingram that was authored by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will be withdrawn.
18 Apr 2017
A Mochudi man wants P350 000 compensation from the Botswana Police Services for what he alleges was a merciless beatdown (and asymmetrical chemical warfare) that occurred in the early hours of an ill-fated festive-season outing.
18 Apr 2017
It is unclear what the role of Billy Masetlha was in the African National Congress (ANC) delegation that visited Botswana two weeks ago and met with the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) but given his history and what was reportedly discussed, it is easy to make one really good guess.
18 Apr 2017
Botswana government will appear before the International Labour Organisation (ILO) June 2017 to defend last year’s amendment of the Trade dispute Act.
18 Apr 2017
Nationalism and its alter ego, patriotism which have been basking in political correctness are becoming dirty words following BREXIT which was last week presented as a cautionary tale to SADC member states.
17 Apr 2017
Parastatal organisations under the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry have numerous vacant posts attributed to “unavailable suitable candidates”.
Worse still is the “low remuneration package” for the posts which is shunned by prospective suitable candidates.
17 Apr 2017
The provisional liquidator of BCL Ltd, Nigel Dixon Warren says some BCL ex-employees have rejected the retrenchment packages offered to them.
Although details are still sketchy, this publication is reliably informed that the said ex-employees’ bone of contention is that some of their outstanding dues were not included in the retrenchment package.
17 Apr 2017
In the past few weeks, we have been given a glimpse into what could lie ahead in our country, precisely in the labour sector. As we write this, the labour movement in the country and the largest employer, being the government, are involved in a protracted and debilitating industrial relations dispute.
17 Apr 2017
Botswana is counted among the top three countries that have the highest opportunities for women as business leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs and labour force participants to advance both economically and professionally at a score of 62.6.
17 Apr 2017
The Director in the Department of Water Affairs, Bogadi Mathangwane, has told a press briefing that her ministry promotes rainwater harvesting.
She was responding to a question seeking clarity on Water Utilities Corporation position is on rain water harvesting.
17 Apr 2017
Soda Ash Botswana, the embattled BCL Limited and Tati Nickel have approached government to be included in the current corporate tax which is lower in rates than the Tax Agreements the mining companies entered into.
Currently Tax Agreements provide higher tax rates, dealing Soda Ash Botswana, BCL and Tati Nickel heavy financial blows.
17 Apr 2017
She proclaims an esteemed declaration that she is the destination of choice but Botswana pales in comparison to her sub-regional counterparts to earn the coveted spot in the Top 10 African destinations.
17 Apr 2017
The audit of the Botswana Premier League (BPL) was supposed to, once and for all, give finality to the allegations of misappropriation of funds at the troubled organ. However, this has not come to pass.
17 Apr 2017
The two warring factions of Mochudi Centre Chiefs are yet to make peace after the settlement agreement that they entered into to bring normalcy to the team.
The two factions, Mochudi Centre Chiefs Society and Mochudi Centre Chiefs Trust, went to court to seek legal intervention over control of the team.
17 Apr 2017
Botswana’s professional super bantam weight boxer Tefo Letshikgwane lies in wait for Zimbabwean Tinashe “Cobra’’ Motodza. The duo will battle it out in Gaborone on Apri 26 in a non-title six-rounds bout dubbed “The Encounter’’ at the Gaborone Main Mall.
17 Apr 2017
Relegation-threatened Morupule Wanderers have no intentions of parting ways with their coach Major David Bright, according to the team chairman Onkamile Robert.
Speaking in an interview with Sunday Standard Sports, Robert said whether the team relegates or survives, Bright will still remain its manager.
17 Apr 2017
An intense battle of chess minds is expected as national team chess players are expected to face each other during the 11th edition of the Annual Metropolitan National Chess Championship.
It will held from April 28 to May 1 at the Cresta President Hotel in Gaborone.
17 Apr 2017
Women’s football in the country has to be structured in a stimulating way that will open up funding for it.
This emerged at a meeting between the Botswana Football Association (BFA) and Women’s League Committee at Lekidi last week.