5th February 2021
Industrial Court Judge Galesite Baruti last week issued a default judgment against Unitrans Botswana for unlawful dismissal of its employee.
According to court documents the fuel and logistics company fired one Goabamang Ramolelo who was one of its bulk vehicle drivers on the 5th of June 2020 after he was accused by the company of over speeding.
He had been condemned for driving a company vehicle at 81 km per an hour contravening the set speed limit of 80 km per an hour.
According to the court papers Ramolelo who is the applicant in the matter was called for disciplinary hearing by the company’s disciplinary committee sometime in June 2020 where a conclusion was made that he should be dismissed. He then contested the dismissal as unfair and launched a case before Francistown Industrial Court challenging his dismissal.