Stop the sabotage � Dingake urges BOPEU, gov�t

FRANCISTOWN: Public service employees are an implementing arm of government and must therefore desist from sabotaging government policies. On the other hand, the employer, government, should also avoid sabotaging employees’ welfare.

These are the words of suspended High Court Judge Key Dingake, giving counsel to the Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) central executive committee conference in Francistown on Tuesday. Dingake preached peace between the two parties.

“Both of you need each other to advance the agenda of the country and to do so you need to respect each other. Treat each other with respect and humility,” he said. Dingake added that the differences between government and trade unions should be driven by evidence other than ill motive. “As for workers, do not make demands that are not validated by or driven by evidence,” he said.

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