Scarce skill debate rekindled

It was a product of recommendations of a study undertaken out by the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) in 2007. When it was introduced, its annual cost was over P530 million. The costs have inevitably escalated owing to various reasons such as hiring of new people by government.

There have been calls that the scarce skill should be reviewed. Those backing the review of the scarce skill believe that the labour market for some cadres that were considered scarce such as IT and accounting have since become gravely saturated.