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High Court drivers scale back non essential duties

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Gaborone High Court PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

A labour protest is underway within the judiciary as High Court drivers across the country scale back non-essential duties in response to the Administration of Justice’s (AoJ) prolonged failure to pay them court-ordered standby allowances.

Though quiet but significant, the go-slow, which began on Tuesday, is already impacting daily routines within judges’ households, even as official courtroom proceedings remain unaffected.

According to an inside source, drivers have withdrawn from performing tasks outside their formal working hours, including the regular transport of judges’ children to school before 7:30 am and afternoon pick-ups at 1:00 pm and 4:30 pm.

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