Decline in work permit holders slows

According to figures released by Statistics Botswana (SB), the total number of work permit holders recorded as active by the end of March 2011 was 17,177    a 15 percent decline from the March 2010 figures.

After a heavy 13 percent fall in the number of permit holders between June and September last year, figures show that the rate of decline is slowing down with the decrease at a mere 0.6 percent between December 2010 and March this year and 0.8 percent in the third quarter last year.