Court halts doctors' 'strike'

Friday, August 25, 2023 | 740 Views |

BDU has denied engaging in a strike, arguing that no strike or industrial action had taken place

Members of Botswana Doctors Union (BDU) yesterday left the Gaborone Industrial Court distraught after they were declared to have engaged in an illegal strike and further ordered to carry out call duties.

Justice Annah Mphetlhe ruled in favour of the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) and the Attorney General (AG) who were litigating against BDU.

The case follows the recent Call Duties ‘strike’ doctors allegedly engaged in within the health sector, which BDU denied involved in arguing that "no strike or industrial action has taken place".

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