An attempt by Industrial court judge Justice Tebogo Maruping to broker peace between warring trade unions BOPEU and four other public sector unions under BOFEPUSU, by ordering the reconstitution of the public sector bargaining council, failed on Wednesday. A day after the judgment the two parties differed with BOFEPUSU rejecting the judgment and immediately filing an appeal, which ahd long been finalised in anticipation, while BOPEU was busy celebrating their win and prepared for mediation as suggested by court. Justice Maruping ruled; • that the PSBC verification report that confirmed that BOFEPUSU meets the threshold and as such should continue being admitted into the PSBC is set aside • BOFEPUSU is not entitled to be admitted into the Public Service Bargaining Council. • Only trade unions recognized by the government of Botswana on its capacity as the employer, are entitled to be admitted into the Public Service Bargaining Council. • For the purposes of verification of whether or not a trade union party should continue to be admitted, the PSBC should take into consideration the individual membership figures of each union rather than as a collective. • Resolutions No. 2 & 3 of 2016 have been set aside. • The…