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15 July, 2005
Leaders from the Botswana Mining Workers’ Union face continued legal harassment by Debswana, the diamond-mining joint venture between DeBeers and the government of Botswana. The union faces a 15 October deadline to file affidavits on why leaders should not face jail terms. Debswana is seeking jail sentences of the leaders over a two-week strike staged by some union members at Debswana despite a BMWU plea to continue bargaining. Debswana had received a positive ruling from a Botswana’s Industrial Court in early August declaring any strike illegal. The ruling came at the peak of a bitter wage dispute.