Maseru, Feb. 19 — The 2025/26 fiscal yr price range offered earlier has simply fuelled unemployment wounds upsetting Lesotho youth aged between 15 years and 35 years.
Some of these interviewed instructed the Agency they’ve simply been reminded that not solely their aspirations are postponed, however the future stays unsure past bicentennial.
“Helpless and hopeless, stressful and depressed are some of the words that come to mind when I think of the many days, weeks, months and years on incurring costs applying for jobs but in vain,” a Social Work diploma holder youth from the National University of Lesotho has stated.
Thandiwe Khatakane acknowledged that having been reminded by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Dr. Retsélisitsoe Matlanyane that over 760 000 youth are unemployed whereas solely 145 000 are employed has simply added salt to the open wounds.