Government’s flagship labour-based relief programme, Ipelegeng, set to transform from a purely welfare-based intervention to promoting skills development appears to have undergone a change in name only. A document seen by Sunday Standard shows that key conditions among them wages and working hours have remain unchanged. This has raised questions about whether the reform is more cosmetic than substantive.
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