A year dented by uncertainty, job losses and BOPEU fights

When COVID-19 broke out in Botswana in 2020, and the government imposed a lockdown to restrict movement in an effort to control the spread of the virus, many people were engulfed in fear.

We all knew that it was not going to be easy for economies throughout the world to recover. The fear of job losses was imminent and no matter what, it was a sad reality we all had to face. Despite government’s imposition of the State of Emergency (SoE), which was amongst others meant to prohibit retrenchments and job losses, there was still a lot of uncertainty than relief.