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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Trade unions typically fight to keep people employed but in an odd case out of Maun, a Mahalapye-based union is fighting tooth, nail and spanner to get a rehired employee refired.<\/b><\/p>\n

The employee in question is Andre Gerrit de Waal, a white Group Technical Manager at Halfway Toyota Botswana, a Maun vehicle dealership. Mention of race is relevant within context of the case that the Botswana Transport and General Workers Union (BTGWU) has made.<\/p>\n

Last month, De Waal was hauled before an internal disciplinary process on theft charges \u2013 which the company\u2019s policy describes as \u201cunauthorised removal of company property.\u201d The property in question was a Toyota Land Cruiser engine mount and deactuator set which a security guard found upon searching a company vehicle that only De Waal uses. The search, which was routine, happened as he was knocking off in the late afternoon. In other words, he was caught red-handed. The case was reported to the local police station. A consequent disciplinary panel found De Waal guilty and he was dismissed him as a result.<\/p>\n

Weeks after he had left the company, some sealed containers of motor oil were found hidden in a skip within company premises. This suggested that the culprit had stolen the oil and planned to retrieve and remove from it the premises later on. Following this discovery, management decided to engage a polygrapher to sniff out the culprit. Upon learning that its members were to be subjected to a lie detector test, BTGWU notified Halfway Toyota Botswana in an email message that it wouldn\u2019t allow that. The message, sent by Tsenang Nfila, the Union\u2019s Executive Secretary, reads as follows: \u201cWe are informed that you intend to use a lie detector test on our members at the workshop. Please take notice that we have advised the members not to consent to take the polygraph test.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those same members soon learned that De Waal would himself be taking the lie detector test to ascertain whether he had indeed stolen the engine mount and deactuator set. That caused some bafflement because there was no uncertainty: he had been caught red-handed. De Waal passed the test and was reinstated \u2013 which is why BTGWU is now up in arms.<\/p>\n

In a March 23, 2023 letter to the company, the Union demands \u201cthe immediate revocation of Mr. Andre Gerrit de Waal\u2019s reinstatement to his former position of Group Technical Manager after he was dismissed from work for theft\/unauthorised removal of property of the company.\u201d The letter says that De Waal\u2019s lie detector test was \u201ca deceitful ploy to wriggle out Mr. De Waal from his self-imposed predicament for ostensibly passing a polygraph test against overwhelming evidence against him.\u201d<\/p>\n

BTGWU sees De Waal\u2019s reinstatement as racism because in the past, black employees found guilty of the same offence have never been given a chance to be redeemed by a lie detector test. A related point the Union makes is that there was no need for him to take this test because the company had all the evidence it needed to prove his guilt.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. De Waal\u2019s reinstatement is bordering on racism \u2013 his kind can contravene the Company\u2019s Disciplinary Policy and Procedure with impunity, with absolutely no consequences. There is not any other reason one can arrive at why Mr. De Waal was reinstated after committing a dismissible offense,\u201d Nfila\u2019s letter says.<\/p>\n

While he uses a different set of words, the Union\u2019s lawyer also makes a racism charge against Halfway Toyota Botswana.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our considered view, therefore, that the special treatment accorded to Andre De Waal by introducing the polygraph test after the conclusion of the disciplinary process where he was found guilty, cannot be justified and falls within the definition of discrimination provided in the company\u2019s Disciplinary Policy and Procedure \u2013 any distinction, exclusion or preference made on any arbitrary grounds, including but not limited to race, etc which has the effect impairing equality of treatment in the workplace,\u201d reads legal opinion rendered the Union by Sesupo Mosweu, Lead Consultant at Labour Matters Inc.<\/p>\n

As the Union, Mosweu\u2019s reasoning is that the lie detector test was unnecessary because \u201cthe evidence tendered at the disciplinary hearing was conclusive on his guilt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Press has independently established that some Batswana employees who were found guilty of theft were summarily dismissed \u2013 and caned at the Maun customary court. Mosweu says that the manner in which De Waal was treated \u201ccannot be justified other than on the grounds of race and consequently that the company committed an act of prohibited or unfair discrimination in favouring Andre De Waal purely because of his race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such discrimination is in contravention of the National Industrial Relations Code of Good Practice \u2013 which imposes a responsibility on trade unions to prevent discrimination as well as promote equal opportunity and good employment relations. On the basis of the foregoing, BTGWU is trying to get De Waal refired. In the March 8, 2023 letter, Nfila writes that \u201cthis issue has adversely affected the employees\u2019 morale and has potential to cause serious mistrust against Management.\u201d To that end, he wants the company to \u201crevoke the reinstatement of Mr. De Waal with immediate effect. This not a matter we can take lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mosweu\u2019s own legal advice is that \u201cthe Union is entitled, in line with its responsibilities under the National Industrial Relations Code of Good Practice, to demand that the company reverse its decision to reinstate Andre De Waal as that demand would be consistent with the Union\u2019s obligation to prevent discrimination and to promote good employment relations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company has flatly refused the Union\u2019s demand, pointing out that the BTGWU cannot dictate to it what it should do. In response to press\u2019s questions, the Dealer Principal, David Matlhape, explained that De Waal was reinstated on the basis of \u201cnew evidence\u201d that was presented at an appeal hearing. He wouldn\u2019t provide the specific details we sought, noting that the matter is \u201cnot for public consumption\u201d and that \u201cthe employee has a right to privacy and confidentiality.\u201d Interestingly, previous theft cases at the dealership have been reported to the police station and the culprits were hauled before the customary court where they were caned. Such process generated information that is now part of the public record.<\/p>\n

Matlhape broadly explained that Halfway Toyota Botswana complies with the Labour Relations Act and all other relevant labour legislation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe discovery (\u201ctruth-finding\u201d) methods, techniques and tools used in such disciplinary hearings are best practice, case dependent and not prescriptive\/specified in law or terms and conditions of employment\/company disciplinary policy. Halfway Toyota Botswana upholds all standards of employment equity, gender and race equality in its conduct, culture and values. The race, gender, nationality or skin colour of any employee does not prejudice, promote or introduce bias into the employee\u2019s fair and equitable treatment in disciplinary or other company matters. Halfway Botswana deeply respects its partnership with the government, unions, industry and society in general as investors, and aim at all times to promote job creation, career growth, leadership talent and skills development of Botswana nationals as an imperative,\u201d he said in an email response.<\/p>\n

What Mosweu asserts in his legal opinion disputes the points that Matlhape raises. Mosweu argues that the not-guilty finding is inconsistent with the company\u2019s own Disciplinary Policy and Procedure \u2013 which provides that the Dealership Principal is permitted to review a case where it is determined that the outcome of the hearing derailed from the policy guidelines and established employee relations practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is worth noting that the Disciplinary Policy and Procedure does not empower the Dealership Principal to review the case because of irregularities and inconsistencies as stated in the Group Human Resources Manager\u2019s letter. It must be shown that there was a departure from the provisions of the Disciplinary Policy and Procedure and\/or from established employee relations practices to the detriment of the employee,\u201d says Mosweu\u2019s legal opinion, adding in another part that the Dealership Principal is not empowered to review the case after the appeal stage. \u201cThe Dealership Principal can only review the case after the disciplinary hearing stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nfila says that BTGWU will be registering a dispute with the District Labour Office and that its complaint will be based on racial discrimination.<\/p>\n

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