Construction jobs go begging despite boom

Despite the massive boom in construction in the past few years in Botswana, the industry still has the highest rate of job vacancies.

According to a formal employment report from the Central Statistics  Office(CSO), as at September 2008, the industry topped the charts with 26.4 percent  followed by central  government with 15.8 percent.

 As at September last year , there were a total of  5,398  available jobs in the country of which 1,425 were in the construction industry while  the central government had 849  available jobs.

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