Government and Trade Union Movement Cant Afford To Be Enemeies :: Mmegi Online

Recently the nation woke up to the news that a case launched by the Manual Workers Union, led by famed trade Unionist Johnson Motshwarakgole resulted in not only the President’s Powers shamefully reduced, but further throwing the Court of Appeal (CoA) in limbo, as six Judges appointed by the President were declared illegal, thereby rendering the CoA non-existent until such constitutional matters pertaining to the appoint of the CoA Judges have been resolved by Parliament.

While the historic case surely rubber-stamps the rule of law and underlining that no one even the President can be above the law, perhaps most importantly this is one case that defines the deep differences between the Government led by Ian Khama as President and the labour movement led by Johnson Motshwarakgole.

Since Government decided to play hard ball with the trade Union, going as far as frustrating the trade Union efforts including reversing laws, taking away their organisational rights, the trade Union movement did not just fold arms. In 2014 they came very close to deciding who won the General Elections, and many agree that they will be a decisive factor once again in 2019.

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