When numbers don�t make sense
Friday, August 18, 2017
Statistics Botswana says unemployment is declining yet the situation on the ground suggests the opposite
While some people see this as a welcome development to the country, whose unemployment rate once hit a record high of 26.2% in 2008, others question the figure or its significance, saying it might not reflect the realities of Botswana’s job market.
On the ground, it seems that job prospects for university graduates have declined, with fewer and fewer people finding full-time employment after completing higher education.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...