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Title: | State-labour relations in an emergent capitalist 'democracy': the case of Botswana |
Author: | Mogalakwe, Monageng |
Year: | 1995 |
Periodical: | Labour, Capital and Society |
Volume: | 28 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 146-174 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Botswana |
Subjects: | trade unions labour law |
Abstract: | This article analyses the development of State-labour relations in Botswana from the colonial period to the most recent times. It reveals that like its colonial predecessor, the postcolonial State is hostile to strong and independent trade unions. Botswana's State policy towards organized labour has been characterized by the State's domination and subordination of labour through various control mechanisms, most notably labour legislation. This legislation constitutes a repressive system of labour control that has often been concealed by Botswana's formally liberal constitutional framework. Thus while there are constitutional guarantees of fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, the rights and freedoms of trade unions are severely restricted. The paper argues that the overarching goal of State policies throughout the period under discussion has been to ensure the subordination of labour in the interests of capitalist accumulation. Notes, ref., sum. in French (p. 173). |