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.

Editor's Comment
Micro-procurement maze demands urgent reform

Whilst celebrating milestones in inclusivity, with notably P5 billion awarded to vulnerable groups, the report sounds a 'siren' on a dangerous and growing trend: the ballooning use of micro-procurement. That this method, designed for small-scale, efficient purchases, now accounts for a staggering 25% (P8 billion) of total procurement value is not a sign of agility, but a 'red flag'. The PPRA’s warning is unequivocal and must be...

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