Panic sets in as economy bleeds jobs

The list of entities shedding jobs includes BCL and Tati Nickel mines, Air Botswana, Banyana Farms, Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC), Botswana Power Corporation (BPC), Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) and the Water Utilities Corporation (WUC). Those planning on reviewing their structures in processes that could include retrenchments include the Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board and Local Enterprise Authority. Even the Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency (PEEPA), which only has 26 staff members, is planning a restructuring.

According to Statistics Botswana, the numbers confirmed axed at BCL and Tati alone account for nearly half of the 12,773 employed within the mining and quarrying industry as at September 2015, which was the last formal employment update.