Walia hits back at BUAN in retrenched driver's case
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | 730 Views |

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In a ruling delivered last Friday, BUAN once again lost the legal battle against its driver, Gilbert John Ramontsho who was retrenched when the institution converted to a university four years ago.
The university had tried to fight back in what is akin to a ‘back door’ tactic to avoid reinstating and paying Ramontsho's four-year back-pays after the CoA had ruled in February this year that his retrenchment in 2019 was unlawful.
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