Dismissed Workers Celebrate Court Victory

The dismissed workers told Monitor that they had served the company for nearly five years when their employer dismissed them. They said they were not paid their severance packages.

The workers approached former Botswana Federation of Trade Unions' chief executive, Ontlametse Kgang, who volunteered to prepare a case for them. Kgang said Selebi - Phikwe West MP, Kavis Kario, appealed to him to assist the dismissed workers. After the workers took the case to the Industrial Court, the employer, Dinesh failed to enter a defence. A last minute effort by the company to enter a defence on Monday failed, resulting, in the workers being awarded two months wages.