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Local workers’ morale ranks lowest in global survey

Low morale: Experts have noted that employees generally burnout around the middle of the year and particularly in colder months. Low remuneration and workplace strife add to the problem PIC: LINKEDIN
Low morale: Experts have noted that employees generally burnout around the middle of the year and particularly in colder months. Low remuneration and workplace strife add to the problem PIC: LINKEDIN

An authoritative report comparing the competitiveness of 64 high and middle-income countries, has ranked local workers last in terms of motivation. The same report, however, ranks Botswana sixth in terms of compensation. Is the report broken or what gives, asks Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI

In the absence of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) well-known Global Competitiveness Report, a survey by the Swiss-based Institute of Management Development (IMD), has become the world’s go-to review on comparative competitiveness.

Botswana signed up for the IMD’s Competitiveness Yearbook three years ago, allowing the Swiss researchers to gauge the country’s ranking in a list limited to high and middle-income economies. The only other country profiled by the Yearbook in Africa is South Africa.

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Child protection needs more than prevailing laws

The rise in defilement and missing persons cases, particularly over the recent festive period, points not merely to a failure of policing, but to a profound and widespread societal crisis. Whilst the Police chief’s plea is rightly directed at parents, the root of this emergency runs deeper, demanding a collective response from every corner of our community. Marathe’s observations paint a picture of neglect with children left alone for...

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