Former BLLAHWU members sue LTC
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Thapelo Mphala and Charity Mahube, who argued on behalf of the council, said the applicant have wrongly joined them in the application as the council is not the direct employer of the applicants.
In the matter, Keabetswe Sera and 65 others have approached the court seeking orders declaring that the council by continuing to withhold Botswana Land Board & Local Authorities & Health Workers Union (BLLAHWU) subscription fees after they were instructed by employees to stop, are in violation of the Employment Act, that the council stop forthwith deducting subscription fees from the members’ salaries and then be directed to reimburse the applicants all the fees that it has withheld from them. The applicants are also seeking an order of costs against the respondents.
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...