A recent report released by Statistics Botswana titled “Work Permit Holders Fourth Quarter 2020” shows a significant decline in foreign labour in favour of citizen employees. The statistics show that between 2011 and 2014, there was a significant decrease in employee work permit holders, from 10,054 to 4,092, a decrease of 59.6 percent.
Although between 2014 and 2017 the number of employee work permit holders increased from 4, 092 to 5,045, (an upsurge of 23.3 percent), the number further declined by 34.1 percent from 5,045 to 3,324, between 2017 and 2020. This means that ultimately, between 2011 and 2020, work permit holders have decreased from 15,529 to 3,324, representing a 367 percent decline. Of the 3,324 work permit holders, 2,591 were new applicants while 733 were renewals.
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