Court orders Finance PS to apologise to axed employee

The court further ordered that Bleskit be reinstated to her employment  PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The court further ordered that Bleskit be reinstated to her employment PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The High Court in Lobatse has ordered Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Dr Tshokologo Alex Kganetsano, to not only reinstate, but also apologise to an employee he unlawfully retired from the public service on medical grounds.

This was after Justice Modiri Letsididi found that Kganetsano had caused distress and embarrassment to Katamelo Deborah Bleskit as a result of the unlawful and procedurally flawed decision to retire her on medical grounds without a medical assessment.

Letsididi recently ordered that Kganetsano's decision in his capacity as Permanent Secretary, as well as the decision maker who took the impugned decision dated 14th April 2025, retiring Bleskit from the public service on medical grounds, be reviewed and set aside, and/or declared a nullity.

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