Barclays judgement expected next week

Former Barclays Bank employees, Sinikiwe Masalila and Beauty Tlhaga were dismissed last March despite what they say is a finding that the chairman of an appeal’s tribunal had found that the hearing in which their fates were decided was fatally flawed.

Attorney Tshiamo Rantao for the duo said that it was evident that his clients were being punished for being members of Barclays Management Staff Union (BAMSU). “My clients were dismissed in connection with a letter dated September 1, 2011. The letter was responded to by the managing director of Barclays Bank, Wilfred Mpai, on September 20, 2011. His response letter was addressed to BAMSU,” argued Rantao.