I was promoted to Assistant Director in the Labor Department, on a grade then known as A24. Government schemes had numbers to denote grades. The numbers range from 1-24 the smaller the number the higher the pay. When I was put on A24 I noticed an anomaly. I was currently on A22 but promoted to A24. Those days we had a Public Services Tribunal, where civil servants could seek redress for any grievance. I filed a claim with the Tribunal to be placed on A19 which was the closest to my grade. A date was fixed and I wished to take 2 witnesses to testify with regard to the onerous duties of Labor Officers. The two I chose were graduates, who refused to come to testify for me. I applied for warrants to compel the two to come to Court. They complied as they did not wish to breach the warrants as it will in theory entail imprisonment. The Govt was represented by two officers from the AG’s chambers. The Chairman asked me how much it would cost the Government if my request ...
The memories of a young man