Agric Ministry employees go for assets

They want the assets to be sold by public auction to recover the sum of P2,270,000 owed to them following a court order by Justice Gaopalelwe Ketlogetswe of Lobatse High Court. The writ of execution comes after the ministry on January 13, 2022 abandoned an appeal it had filed before the Court of Appeal. “The appellants herein intend to withdraw and hereby withdraw his or her appeal against the respondents and tenders to pay wasted costs occasioned by the appeal,” read the ministry’s papers.

The ministry was ordered to pay the employees over P2million following a failed promotions and progressions on time. The workers had taken government to court complaining among other things about salary arrears, scarce skills allowance arrears, leave days and overtime allowance arrears. Justice Ketlogetswe handed the judgements on June 19, 2020 before the ministry tried to appeal. Before the judge, seven employees had appeared before court arguing that the ministry had failed to backdate their promotions and progressions and in so doing that had violated their labour rights.