Doctors union denies 'strike'

Thursday, August 24, 2023 | 1060 Views |

BDU President Dr Kefilwe Selema and their representative Mpho Chingapane

Justice Annah Mphetlhe of the Gaborone Industrial Court is set to deliver judgment on Wednesday in a case that the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) and the Attorney General are litigating against the Botswana Doctors Union (BDU).

The case follows the recent Call Duties ‘strike’ doctors allegedly staged within the health sector, which BDU has denied engaging in arguing that "no strike or industrial action has taken place".

The DPSM and the Attorney General, represented by Vegeer Law Practice, are seeking multiple orders. They include an expedited hearing under special circumstances, the issuance of a provisional court order (rule nisi) requiring BDU to provide justifications for its actions, and the assertion that the strike and industrial actions by BDU doctors violate the Trade Disputes Act.

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