Manual Workers challenge DCEC in court

The National Amalgamated Local and Central Government and Parastatal Workers Union (NALCGPWU) will argue in court that a new Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) provision violates the union members’ constitutional rights.

“This provision is an unreasonable limitation of our client’s right to organise at the DCEC and it is a violation of section 13 (1) of the Constitution of Botswana...” wrote attorney Tshiamo Rantao on behalf of the union. Rantao also said the new DCEC section is an unjustifiable limitation of the right to join a union of one’s choice. He added said it also flies in the face of the provisions of the more relevant Acts of Parliament.

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