Nyangabgwe at standstill as medics join strike

About 22 medical doctors and 15 nurses, were yesterday expected to receive letters dismissing them from work for reportedly defying the recent court order, which ordered them to return to work. The number of dismissed health workers was yesterday expected to swell as more continue to stay away from work.

Health workers have been classified as essential service providers and ordered to return to work, but many have remained defiant. They are part of the government employees who stayed away from work under the banner of the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) to press government to hike their salaries by 16 percent.