Debswana accuser loses appeal

The appellant, Patrick Mokokwe, worked as an operator for Debswana Diamond Company from 1976 until retirement in 2010. In 2009 Mokokwe claimed to have sustained a back injury while in the course of duty but the employer resisted this claim.

An internal inquiry conducted by Debswana Diamond Company found that the appellant failed to report any injury as required by the employer’s procedures. The appellant expressed his dissatisfaction with the inquiry’s findings. Initially in 1999, a doctor who examined him diagnosed that he had a festering bone disease.