THINGS ARE NOT EASY FOR THE GREAT MAJORITY OF OUR PEOPLE
We cannot abandon our moral responsibilities, even when it is difficult to fulfil them. Unemployment remains a very pressing issue in Zambia today.
It is an extremely serious problem such that wherever we go this subject keep cropping up. Unemployment undermines human dignity.
It is a terrible frustration and humiliation for a parent to be unable, due to unemployment, provide for the family.
It is equally demoralising for young people to find there’s no work waiting for them when they leave school, college or university.
One of the main reasons for our very high rates of poverty is the failure of the economy to provide sufficient jobs. In order to derive a benefit from an economy, people must be able to participate in it; and for most people, the primary means of economic participation is through work.
Much more needs to be said and to be done if we are to meet effectively the massive problems of human suffering in Zambia today.
Fred M’membe