22 Mar 2017

There are  215 vacant posts at Bank of Botswana, Botswana Savings Bank, Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS), Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund, Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE), Botswana Institute of Policy Analysis and National Development Bank (NDB).

Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development, Mr Nonofo Molefhi told Parliament on behalf of Minister of Finance and Economic Development that a total of 113 temporary employees were engaged by these organisations.

Mr Molefhi said the longest vacant post for these entire organisations was for 56 months at Bank of Botswana, which was due to deferred recruitment of staff pending restructuring and re-alignment of some positions.

He said some challenges experienced in filling the posts varied and included remuneration packages, suitable candidates with requisites skills not identified, posts available (located in the remote parts of the country which are not attractive to job seekers, staff poaching, early retirement, voluntary exit and/or resignations as well as perceived limited career progression and promotion.

He said the respective organisations continuously take measures to address some of the challenges including implementing attractive pay structures with improved conditions of service.

Mr Molefhi was answering specially elected MP, Mr Mephato Reatile who had wanted to know if the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development had filled the vacant posts in the said organisations.

He wanted to know the total number of temporary employees in such organisations, the period of the longest vacant post and challenges that had caused delay in filling the vacant posts. ENDS