Pay stalemate in the Botswana diamond family

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

The management of Debswana is scheduled to meet the Botswana Mining Workers Union (BMWU) on Friday to discuss the ongoing impasse regarding a 15 percent pay hike that employees are demanding.

Debswana, which has just emerged from its worst period in decades, has proposed a zero percent salary increment citing the impact of the global recession as the reason.

But the employees argue that for De Beers, which owns 50 percent of Debswana, to have recently increased salaries of its own employees, means the latter can also afford to foot a 15 percent pay hike in its Botswana aspect.

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