Friday, March 6, 2026

Botswana’s lost generation trapped in the jobless spiral

Every morning, hundreds of Botswana university graduates wake up to scroll through job listings that never change. Degree in hand, CV polished, and hope fading, they are a generation whose biggest achievement is surviving unemployment in a country overflowing with potential, yet failing its youth.

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