Lesotho: Civil Servants Issue Ultimatum Over Salaries

…threaten to sue govt if it doesn’t meet their demands within a week

Seithati Motsoeneng

CIVIL servants have given the government a week’s ultimatum to honour its “promise” to award them a 25 percent salary increment failing which they will go to court for an enforcement order.

This ultimatum comes after Last Friday’s meeting between the government and the Coalition of Lesotho Public Employees (COLEPE) which allegedly did not yield any positive results.

In an interview with the Lesotho Times,…