Mokgware shoots from the hip on World Productivity Day

“COVID taught us that people can work from home, but here in Botswana, we are still looking for the four walls. “The traffic is full of people going to the offices when in fact they could be doing things at their own houses, working, being productive. “Instead of driving, getting hooked up in the traffic, going to the office, you could be sitting at home with your laptop, working there, and producing results. “That’s why our offices you find them full of magwinya le mogodu, when you could just eat in the comfort of your house there and still be productive.”

Labour and Home Affairs minister, Pius Mokgware, used the celebration of World Productivity Day last Thursday to rail against hardened policies and attitudes in the country, which he said are weighing on productivity and national competitiveness.