Dewet Drilling, mine union clash
Thursday, July 07, 2016
The union has accused the company of blocking its workforce to unionise with them while the company argues that its workforce do not meet the stipulated threshold to make such an undertaking.
Narrating the story to Mmegi, the BMWU’s national organising coordinator, Abel Bukha said the company’s workers applied for membership but the company refused to release them, arguing that they do not satisfy the required one-third threshold.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....