Former gov�t employee wins big in scarce skills suit

More civil servants are challenging for the scare skills allowance
More civil servants are challenging for the scare skills allowance

The Lobatse High Court has ordered government to pay a former employee a 25% scarce skills allowance accrued over 70 months. The judgement that could open the floodgates for other civil servants who have been denied the allowance.

Acting Justice Kabelo Lebotse yesterday ordered that the Ministry of Transport and Communications pays Judah Buisanyang a 25% scarce skills allowance retrospectively from date of implementation of Directive No. 2 of 2008 until March 31, 2014, which is when the applicant resigned.

Lebotse also ruled that government bears the costs of the application.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up