At the moment, the country depends on migrant workers to fill the skills gaps in some professions. Local business people have also complained that the country does not have adequate skilled manpower.
Skilled workers are imported from southern African countries such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and some as far as Kenya, Nigeria and other economic powerhouses of Africa. Observers say as new mining projects come on stream, the expansion of coal and gas at Morupule and Mmamabula power stations and underground mining develops, new skills will be required. This leaves the local labour market facing a huge challenge of growing levels of a mismatch between labour supply and demand.
The Grant Thornton International Business Report IBR indicated that the greatest challenges that Botswana faces are shortage of specific or technical skills 79 percent , lack of appropriate work experience 77 percent and lack of required qualifications 71 percent. However, the trend is not unique to Botswana as businesses around the world are also reporting a skills shortage epidemic that is weighing down on growth prospects.
South Africa faces the same challenges to a large extent: when it comes to shortage of specific or technical skills, South Africa stands at 83 percent, lack of appropriate work experience at 66 percent and lack of required qualifications at 63 percent. Other significant factors that are worth noting are shortage of employability skills, poor motivation or attitude among applicants as well as lack of recruitment expertise.
The IBR shows that almost four in ten 39 percent businesses around the world are struggling to recruit the right people, with a lack of technical skills cited as the primary problem 64 percent.
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