Will the jobs ever come?
Friday, September 13, 2019
UDC activists shouting slogans. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Some of them speak re-skilling and training services for the unemployed, decent living wages, and an SMME-centric approach to job-creation. Jobs are a hot contentious issue on everyone’s electoral agenda.
I think we can all agree that the country has had its fair share of jobs summits and conferences to last us probably until the end of the fourth industrial revolution. From a practical State-planning point of view, it’s easier to move the right pieces to create jobs than it is to talk to about it.
Batswana who marched peacefully for 'Justice for Tshepi' demanded answers. They have now received a detailed account of police investigation and a promise that the file is with the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The real test is whether the state now keeps its word without further prodding. In his address, the minister asked the nation to trust the process. He spoke of rigour, not neglect, and pointed to 10 months of...