Stats Botswana, Finance minister in cohorts to understate job cuts, unemployment?

The Minister was asked to state the number of job losses by sector the economy has lost due to retrenchments, liquidations, collapse of companies and other reasons. He was requested to update Parliament on the number of jobs lost in the private sector and the most affected sectors.

The Minister was to tell the House how many jobs were lost in central and local Government, agencies of Government, companies wherein the Government is directly or indirectly a sole equity stakeholder, body corporates and enterprises of the Government.