Expelled industrial workers meet with Ntuane

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Industrial workers from Princess Marina Hospital and public clinics in Gaborone who were fired from work in the aftermath of the public service strike last winter yesterday have asked the MP for Gaborone West South, Botsalo Ntuane, to intercede with President Ian Khama for their reinstatement.

After more than 50 nurses were reinstated in December, the industrial workers, among them cleaners and gardeners, have become more desperate for re-employment. They told Ntuane - who is the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament - that the Director of Public Service Management (DPSM), Festinah Bakwena, had said her understanding was that all workers under the Ministry of Health should be re-employed.

One of the expelled workers said they no longer gather at the offices Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) offices because since the nurses were reinstated, no one took the industrial class cadre seriously. 

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

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....

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