Zimbabwean graduates accuse their government of pimping its workers
Thousands of unemployed graduates may get their first jobs in South Sudan, but the Zimbabwean government is considering taking 25% of their salaries THOUSANDS of unemployed Zimbabwe graduates could soon find themselves with their first jobs in South Sudan but there is just one catch: President Robert Mugabe’s government is thinking of taking 25% of their salaries.The official Chronicle newspaper reported on Thursday that South Sudan wanted "20,000 graduates to work in different fields in the North African country".With high levels of unemployment in Zimbabwe, Mr Mugabe’s government last year announced a scheme to export graduates to countries including South Sudan, Botswana, Angola and Namibia, according to a report in the Herald of June 2015.The scheme was aimed at promoting "brain circulation" on the African continent, officials said then. They conceded that there would be a financial benefit to Zimbabwe’s government.Now the authorities are debating whether to make exported worker...
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