Frustrated magistrates threaten to down tools

Resolute: Magistrates have proposed improvements in various matters including salaries PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Resolute: Magistrates have proposed improvements in various matters including salaries PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Magistrates have threatened to down tools due to a three-year deadlock over their conditions of service, in particular widening disparities between their remuneration and that of judges.

Information reaching this publication reveals that magistrates across the country feel unfairly treated by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) compared to Judges. In their cry for help, the frustrated magistrates wrote a grievances letter to the Chief Justice Terence Rannowane to take the matter to the JSC on their behalf.

This week, sources close to the matter told Mmegi that three years down the line, there has not yet been any response, thus leaving the magistrates irate and contemplating industrial action.


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