Other respondents are the Commissioner of the Police Service and the Attorney General of Botswana. Through a savingram dated 16 May 2008, Pearl Matome, on behalf of the director, suspended the implementation of scarce skills at the disciplined forces of the Botswana Defence Force, Botswana Police Service and Botswana Prisons Services. "The purpose of the suspension is to consult further with the concerned disciplined forces," the savingram reads.
However, prior to the introduction of the scarce skills allowance, the disciplined forces enjoyed a professional and technical skills allowance, which was subsequently abolished. The abolition is said to have inconvenienced many members of the forces who had already committed their salaries in the acquisition of loans from financial institutions.
In the court papers filed last Friday, Bogopa and Manewe Attorneys, representing the police officers, are calling upon the respondents to show cause why the decision by Matome should not be reviewed, set aside and corrected to the extent that such a decision has been taken in breach of rules of natural justice.
