No April Fool’s joke at BNSC

Nervy moments: The BNSC restructuring exercise will result in job losses
Nervy moments: The BNSC restructuring exercise will result in job losses

There will be no time for jokes to mark today's April Fool’s Day at the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) as a drawn-out restructuring exercise claims its first casualties.

According to information reaching this publication, all BNSC directors , except finance director, Kabelo Mmono, have been shown the door. The restructuring exercise started around 2018 when Falcon Sedimo was still the chief executive officer (CEO). The process has taken long as it involved negotiations with staff and other stakeholders such as unions. According to information reaching Mmegi Sport, the BNSC held a meeting with the Manual Workers Union and there was a deadlock as there was no agreement reached. The two bodies are said to be going for another round of meetings soon.

“The negotiations are still at a sensitive point. Contracted employees belong to the employer but the elephant in the room is permanent and pensionable employees. There are many issues that are to be discussed. So the restructuring process is expected to drag on for sometime. It cannot be completed now,” a source said.

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