�They want to tame us�-BOFEPUSU :: Mmegi Online

The Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) views amendments to the Public Service Bill as government attempt to tame civil servants. Even when the Bill was still being debated in Parliament this week, BOFEPUSU wrote to the relevant authorities objecting to some amendments.

BOFEPUSU secretary general, Tobokani Rari wrote to Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) boss Ruth Maphorisa, seeking reasons for wanting to depart from having the selection of the secretary of the council being a joint responsibility of both the government and trade unions sitting at the Public Service Bargaining Council (PSBC). The Bill provides that the secretary of the PSBC shall be an employee of DPSM, and appointed by the permanent secretary to the President (PSP).

A clause in the Bill deletes prevention and resolution of labour disputes as a function of the PSBC. “The PSBC has been functioning effectively as a forum for dispute resolution. It assists with evenly distributing the workload of dispute resolution,” Rari wrote.

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