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Shocking reaction to talks of unemployment benefit

Tota Batswana on social media can leave you stunned and baffled at best – dead and buried at the worst! Somebody even asked: Tota gatwe Batswana re swa leng? This was on the backdrop of an ongoing conversation regarding mabarebare a gore the Botswana government has been in consultations to determine if the unemployed can be given some form of an allowance. With some of these utterances attributed to the finance minister Pegzozo this week, many were showering her with praises, ba re they remember her as that darling girl of the Covid Lockdown era whom they loved to hear her talk, even if it was just some sweet nothing. As it is, the excitable lot on facebook have been saying they would be quitting their jobs ko bo Choppies, filling stations, ko morakeng and as house helpers, just to sit home and wait to be paid the Unemployment Benefit

Allowance at monthend. They are busy even talking about how they would be paid more than some people who are employed in some sectors. We just wish we knew what they know about how much would be paid should that idea come to fruition. Yes in some countries the unemployed have an allowance, but it is never enough to keep them wanting to remain unemployed. Others have actually used the allowance to stock up some small items to sell and have since become rich from those humble beginnings

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