AN EVALUATION OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN BOTSWANA PUBLIC SECTOR
AN EVALUATION OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN BOTSWANA PUBLIC SECTOR

Summary/Abstract: This paper aimed at scrutinizing how Botswana (Democratic State) a politicallystable country for the first time since independence terminated contract for essential servicessection in Government abruptly, due to conditional salary increase of 5% increase, henceTrade Unions proposing an increase from 16% to 13.8%, this was during Lt General IanKhama Seretse Khama’s presidency. Failing to reach consensus, employees resorted tonational strike which took eight weeks. "Ignorance of the law excuses not" and "ignorance ofthe law excuses no one" respectively; essential services employees, in terms of the TradeDispute Act 2003, Cap 28: 02, (Laws of Botswana) every party to a dispute of interest has theright to strike or lockout if all the requisites of a lawful strike prescribed by the Act have beenmet. Even though every employee has the right to strike, it was argued that the industrialaction by some of the employees was unlawful as they are classified as essential serviceemployees. Therefore, the above statement abrupt essential services workers to strike,despite employee’s grievances. In this scenario, the unions have to be blamed for not assistingthe essential workers to understand the repercussion of (strike) consequences of crossing thelaw’s path “

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