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Current Feed ContentLESOTHO: Motlomelo Thakali, "There were days on which I lived on water, but still had my ARVs"MASERU Monday, September 15, 2008 (IRIN) - Motlomelo Thakali lives with his family of five in Motloang, a village 70km east of Maseru, capital of Lesotho. He is HIV positive and unemployed, and depends on casual work to help feed his family, comprising his daughter, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren. Lesotho's HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of 23.2 percent is one of the world's highest. The country is still recovering from the impact of the 2006/07 drought, the worst in 30 years. "There was...Youths unemployedEditor, Please allow me space in your respectable medium to express my views on the role of the youth in the Gambia. As a youth, I feel oblige to do so. But before I proceed, let me urge you to outline some of the main problems facing the youth even before you go deep into this article. Vast majority of the youths are unemployed. This has caused so much inconvenience. It has become so worrying that if nothing urgent is done about it, our future as the nation future leaders may be shattered....SOUTH AFRICA: Skills training scheme under reviewA multimillion-dollar scheme designed to address South Africa's skills shortage and make inroads into the high unemployment rate is under review and is expected to be streamlined by 2010. The Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) were established in 2000 as a result of the Skills Development Act, promulgated two years earlier, which divided the economy into 24 sectors, each with a SETA overseeing the development and quality control of relevant skills. South Africa boasts the... |
