In the latest matter before the Industrial Court, the union’s faction led by vice president Charles Tsiane has taken sides with BOSETU subsidiary employee, Kabo Bruno Moitoi against secretary-general Tobokani Rari. The move is allegedly meant to curtail Rari’s administrative powers. In an ongoing BOSETU factionalism war in the aftermath of last year's elective congress, Tsiane’s faction has decided to join a civil matter in which Moitoi, a PEUBO employee, has taken the union to court for unfair transfer. The faction, which is the dominant one, has given the employee the ammunition to challenge Rari’s mandate to appoint the power of attorney to represent the union in the matter.
Eleven members of the National Executive Committee (NATEX) have written affidavits to the Industrial Court, tearing apart Rari’s powers to appoint a law firm to represent the union without a resolution passed by the National Executive Committee. Moitoi and some members of the BOSETU NATEX want the court to rule against the union, arguing that Rari has no authority to appoint an attorney on behalf of the union without a board resolution. Moitoi says the 11 NATEX members informed him that Rari has never informed the NATEX about the impending application against the union and only learnt about it through social media. He further argues that the said members have also told him that there was never a meeting of the national executive committee prior to or on January 17, 2025, where his application against the union was reported, deliberated upon and resolutions were taken to oppose it. “There was no other means through which the second respondent (Rari) procured the consent and/or consensus of the first respondent’s (BOSETU) National Executive Committee to oppose the main application prior to post-January 17, 2025,” states Moitoi in his supporting affidavit.
