By, April 17 -- Thoboloko Ntsonyane
MASERU- The High Court sitting as the Labour Appeal Court this week ordered the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to restart the disciplinary hearing which resulted in the dismissal of its Public Relations Manager, Tuoe Hantsi, as it was conducted without his lawyer present.
This ruling effectively nullifies the dismissal of Hantsi, which occurred on August 11, 2023.
Delivering the judgment in which Hantsi challenged his dismissal Judge Fumane Khabo rules that the Commission should start the disciplinary hearing against him denovo (from the beginning), where he will have his legal representative present.
IEC and Public Relations Manager had been engaged in a long legal battle in the Labour Court ...