Gov't, doctors set for crucial talks

The two parties on Friday settled a matter in which the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPS) had whisked BDU to court to compel doctors to attend emergency call duties beyond 24 hours in a month. Through a consent order, which was only agreed on late afternoon after the parties had engaged from the previous night, the two reached consensus and agreed to start talks over the weekend.

As the matter was to proceed before Justice Isaac Bahuma of the Gaborone Industrial Court, the parties — government (represented by Advocate Otsile Rammidi) and BDU by Dr Baatlhodi Molatlhegi — requested 30 minutes to finalise a consent order that they wanted made into an order of court.