Job Summit amidst unemployment tensions

unemployment..PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONEtif
unemployment..PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONEtif

The second edition of the Annual Botswana Job Summit set for beginning of next month is highly likely to fall under tense atmosphere following the recent unemployment protest by the youth.

Disgruntled job seekers were early this month sjamboked by riot police for assembling in front of Parliament to submit a petition on lack of employment opportunities in the country. 

Spokesperson of the #UnemployedMovement – the group that held a peaceful demonstration intended to hand over a written petition citing all of their concerns to the relevant Ministers – Kesaobaka Maruping, said the summit was a “personal event used to advance the interest of founders”.

Editor's Comment
Boko should stop the fighting and start the delivering

With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...

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