Formal job employment sluggish
Friday, November 23, 2018
The formal employment has reportedly shown only an increase of 0.1 percent between December 2017 and March 2018, with only 363 persons employed from 410, 329 persons in December 2017 to 410,692 persons in March 2018.
According to the 2018 Formal Sector Employment Survey, the slight increase was led by private companies and parastatals recording the highest increase of 0.2 percent each, followed by central government with 0.1%, while local government encountered a decrease in employment of 0.2 percent.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...