BIUST loses court case

Friday, March 31, 2023 | 410 Views |

The Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) has welcomed what it says is a progressive judgment that was delivered by the High Court of Botswana on 24th March 2023.

The matter involved a Shop Steward at Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) and the management of the institution.

The judgment threw out with costs, an application by the BIUST management. Through the suit the university wanted to be granted an order to muzzle the BOSETU Shop Steward, preventing him from whistleblowing some alleged malpractice involving the Vice Chancellor, under the pretext that the information was confidential.

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