Government censured for financing unemployment

Government has been accused of funding unemployment through failure to properly handle and manage the issue.

Some of the interventions meant to combat the matter were condemned for exacerbating unemployment, particularly among the youth demographics.

Selebi-Phikwe West legislator, Keorapetse Dithapelo said this yesterday during the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) appearance.

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