Walia hits back at BUAN in retrenched driver's case

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Court of Appeal's (CoA) Justice Singh Walia has described the application by Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) to reconsider the court's decision against its driver as no more than the "rantings of an unsuccessful litigant".

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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