Govt Doubts ILO Transparency

Mabeo
Mabeo

The Minister of Employment, Labour Productivity and Skills Development Tshenolo Mabeo says that there is lack of transparency in the process to short list countries to appear before the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Committee on the Application of Standards (CAS).

Botswana’s credibility as the shining example of democracy in Africa came into question after it was listed to appear before the International CAS.

The country was named among other 24 member states of the ILO who appeared before the committee during the just ended International Labour Conference (ILC) for violation of Convention 87 of the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland. Botswana was reported to the ILO by trade unions after Parliament enacted the new Trade Dispute Act (TDA) that essentially took away the striking right of the workers as it makes a large portion of public workers among them diamond sorting and cutting, teachers, immigration and customs services essential workers.

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