Manual Workers Appeal Industrial Court Judgement
Monday, January 16, 2017
The Industrial Court dismissed the urgency of the matter in which the Union was challenging the decision by Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS) to withdraw its recognition as a bargaining party at the workplace.
NALCGPWU had in December 2016, approached the Industrial Court on certificate of urgency seeking inter alia to review and set aside the respondent’s decision to implement its decision to withdraw the recognition of the union communicated by an internal memorandum dated November 23, 2016; to have the purported cancellation of the Union’s recognition agreement with the employer invalid.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...