BOSETU sues over scarce skills

The case before Judge Godfrey Nthomiwa is about what the teacher union terms discrimination against their members whom they believe deserve to be paid scarce skills given that the many Business Studies and Accounting teachers employed in junior and secondary schools are foreign nationals.

This, the union argues, testifies to the fact that there is a shortage in the two fields. “We believe that scarcity is measured by shortage, hence we are asking that the employer classify these people as scarce and pay them accordingly,” BOSETU publicity secretary Edwin Maitshoko told Mmegi.