Eswatini Labour Insight

  The price paid for Austerity is already too high for ordinary people in eSwatini? Then Senator Neal Rijkernberg campaigning for a cabinet post at the Sibaya in 2018. He was later appointed finance minister on the ticket to deal with public sector workers wages. 1.       From the onset the 11 th government of Eswatini (2018-2023) established, in its core narrative, that the public sector wage bill ( for both the central government and funds transferred  to public enterprises) was so high that it had become an impediment to the development aspirations of the country and may  negatively impact the country’s ability to meet its broader obligations to Eswatini citizens and beyond. Current leading political figures such as Finance Minister Neal Rijkenberg (pictures above), utilised the wage bill issue as a campaign tool to get appointed into the ministerial position. He was widely cited by local media, at the people’s parliament gathering before the pro...

  THE LACK OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUTH  IS A TICKING TIME BOMB. UNIVERSAL INCOME CAN BE A SOLUTION. The 12th August every year marks the international youth day. The theme for IYD 2021 was "Transforming Food Systems, Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health".  Around 60% of citizens in Africa are young people, the AU estimates that there are 400 million African citizens are between the ages of 18-35. All these young people need access to education, jobs and  prosperous futures for themselves and their families. Sadly the economic and political systems in Africa seems inadequate to cater for the society made up of mainly the young people. Young people are a special demographic in the sense that they need opportunities to get educated, for work and for entrepreneurship. The youth in eSwatini  have equally borne the brunt of youth unfriendly policies that have ,for instance, seen cuts in social expenditure on youth oriented prog...