The inaugural annual job summit held last October came up with noble recommendations of addressing unemployment. Some of the recommendations have existed in the government policy space for some time, but have not been implemented. It is apparent that the country lacks clear and targeted strategies that have over the years led to the funding of unsuccessful initiatives, which could have created employment.
During the summit, the Vice President, Mokgweetsi Masisi also affirmed that project management and implementation have been a major challenge in the delivery of critical national projects necessitation, strengthening of project monitoring by government suggesting the need to reinvent government for effective delivery of public services. He said that one of the challenges has been ineffective processes such as weak project management and monitoring, time challenges issuance of permits and bureaucratic tendering system. Masisi also encouraged the private sector to work together with government to drive the job creation agenda.
