Matambo rubbishes PSBC
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Matambo
Calling the council’s existence “a problem”, he said its activities delayed the entire pay increase process and consequently no progress had been made to date.
“It is a problem. Frankly, if there was no this bargaining council thing (sic) we would have increased salaries by now,” Matambo said, responding to the legislators’ comments on the budget. In response, the Botswana Federation of Public, Private and Parastatal Sectors Unions (BOFEPUSU) president, Johannes Tshukudu dismissed Matambo as “self-serving”, saying the Minister was “unelected”.
While the minister is of the view that the proposal would have significant positive economic impact, the entertainment industry players believe otherwise. The issue has over the weeks become a hot potato. But what is of essence right now is that the country needs liberal ideas to move in the right direction While opening up the economy may sound quite interesting to the ear, rolling out extended trading hours through pilot programmes without...