Date set for payment of teachers� overtime arrears

Teachers with students
Teachers with students

Teachers will be paid all outstanding overtime arrears between April-June 2015, the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) and two unions have said in a statement.

The statement said the ministry is 3holding consultations with the Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) and Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) on overtime payment of the arrears. The three parties released the statement after a meeting on January 22.

“The Ministry of Education and Skills Development will embark on an exercise of soliciting all the authorised overtime claim forms from schools and regional offices with a view to process them accordingly,” the statement said.

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WUC must fix its pipes, not just say sorry

“Clean water, the essence of life and a birthright for everyone, must become available to all people now.”– Michel CousteauWe see notices for Block 6, Extension 11, Gaborone, Francistown; the list grows every week. It is good that WUC warns consumers, but so many warnings point to a deep problem. Water pipes are old and falling apart. And the people who pay the bills are the ones suffering.When a main pipe bursts, taps run dry. Families in...

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