Labour Commissioner enters Debswana /Union row

The Commissioner of Labour will today mediate a conflict between Debswana management and the Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) revolving around the diamond giant's offer of a four percent wage review to workers for 2010/11.

The offer is the result of intensive negotiations under the two parties' Joint Negotiating Consultative Committee (JNCC) but are yet to bear fruit nearly six months after they began.

This week, BusinessWeek learnt that the two parties deadlocked over the four percent proposal from management and conditions attached, resulting in their joint decision to rope in a mediator, namely, the Commissioner of Labour.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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