Unionists rights judgement next month

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The Court of Appeal (CoA) is expected to deliver judgment on whether the decision of Justice Lot Moroka, who ruled in 2013 that the 2011 termination of organisational rights civil service union members enjoyed, is unlawful, on February 5.

The rights included the secondment of employees to union offices. Moroka declared government’s termination unlawful and set it aside saying there had been a clear violation of the principle of audi alteram partem or ‘hearing the other side too’.

The Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) and the Attorney General appealed the judgment, which was in favour of the Botswana Land Board, Local Authorities and Health Workers’ Union (BLLAHWU), Botswana Sectors of Educators Union (BOSETU) and Botswana Teachers Union (BTU).

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