Air Botswana to cut workforce by half
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
![Air Botswana Chairman Tebogo Masire and MD Agnes Khunwana PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES](https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.mmegi.bw/uploads/imported_images/2019/november/19/php7oCMie.jpg&w=400&q=72&f=jpg&t=1)
Air Botswana Chairman Tebogo Masire and MD Agnes Khunwana PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
The airline’s chairman, Tebogo Masire told journalists earlier that ground-handling staff comprised “up to two thirds” of Air Botswana’s 450 employees, but were not core to the business.
The parastatal plans to trim down from 450 to 210 employees, with the majority of departures headed to the new subsidiary, while a “minimal” number will face the retrenchment axe.
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