Teachers' unions reduced to burial societies-BOSETU
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Shandukani Hlabano was responding to the amendment by the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs to include teachers as part of essential services. Government has moved swiftly and amended the Trade Dispute Act to include teachers as essential services, which means that they can no longer participate in any industrial action over wages.
However, Hlabano said that the unions were not consulted nor informed of the decision to amend the Act. "They should have consulted us as unions because one cannot do certain things that affects the lives of other people without seeking their input," Hlabano said.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...