Downsizing will impoverish Batswan

The Botswana Gazette: Dr Keitseope Nthomang, senior lecturer at UB and social policy specialist concurred that downsizing is going to impoverish the poor. “They will fall back into the social safety net system which is currently not being sustained, and as such there will never be empowerment. The government is inefficient and cutting of jobs is not being productive,” said Nthomang. He pointed out that emphasis by the government should not be about money but efficiency, productivity and the impact.