Teachers' unions withdraw court application
Friday, April 13, 2012
Before the Easter break, Botswana Sector of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) and Botswana Teachers Union (BTU), through their lawyers filed an urgent application with the courts, seeking to suspend the operation of a Savingram issued by the MoESD which called upon Regional Education Officers to require teachers to continue working during the school vacation.
Muzila is named as first respondent, while DPSM is the second respondent through new director Carter Morupisi and the Attorney General as the third respondent. Speaking to Mmegi on Wednesday, BOSETU president Shandukani Hlabano said the two unions filed an urgent application because they had activities to participate in during the vacations, and feared the Savingram would hinder their members from participating in the activities.
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...