Former Human Resource Manager at Statistics Botswana Marang Teisi is having the last laugh in her long running battle with her employer – Statistics Botswana – after she was dismissed from work in 2016. The Court of Appeal has ordered that Teisi be reinstated to her position, with Statistics Botswana bearing the costs of the case. The judgement was delivered recently by Court of Appeal Justices Monametsi Gaongalelwe alongside Lord Hamilton and Leatile Dambe. Marang Teisi was fired in 2016 by the then Statistician General. Annah Majelantle after she was convicted by a disciplinary committee panel on charges of leaking confidential information to third parties, after a draft she had prepared was used by former MP James Mathokgwane in Parliament. Justice Gaongalelwe in the judgement states that Majelantle appeal is against the decision of the High Court which affirmed findings and a recommendation made by a Disciplinary Panel. The Disciplinary Panel had on the basis of its findings made a recommendation that the Appellant Teisi be dismissed from employment and she was indeed subsequently dismissed. “The background to the matter is that at all material times hitherto Appellant was in the employ of Statistics Botswana; A statutory body corporate, who…