Retrenchment still on the rise
Friday, July 21, 2023 | 240 Views |
Mokgethi PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Last year in Parliament, Machana Shamukuni, then minister of Employment Labour Productivity and Skills Development, disclosed that the number of people retrenched between April 2020 and February 2022 stood at 344.
This week in Parliament, assistant minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mabuse Pule revealed that a total of 1,204 employees were retrenched between April 2020 and March 2023.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...