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Local businesses invited to join 4-day week trial

Mindset change: A campaign is ongoing for the adoption of a four-day working week PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Mindset change: A campaign is ongoing for the adoption of a four-day working week PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Local businesses have been invited to join in the four-day working week pilot, which is planned for June 2023 in South Africa.

Organisers say other countries around the world, where the four-day week has been piloted, have reported improved productivity despite employees spending less time in the office.

The upcoming pilot will be the second in South Africa, with the pioneer pilot – in which 29 businesses in South Africa and Botswana are currently participating – having kicked off in February 2023.

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Students wellbeing is a priority

The research presented at the recent Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union symposium should serve as a wake-up call to us all.We are so focused on coding, artificial intelligence, and the jobs of tomorrow that we are neglecting the basic safety and emotional well-being of the children sitting in our classrooms today.Statistics are deeply worrying. One study revealed that 34% of secondary school learners in Gaborone meet the criteria for a...

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