Lesotho - Report of the migrant workers re-employment mission
Manning, Nick | Galligan, D.J.
For several decades Lesotho has been overwhelmingly dependent on the South African labor market for employment opportunities for its people. However, in 1974, following disturbances in South Africa mines, between 10,000 and 15,000 migrant workers returned to Lesotho, a potentially crisis situation. The fact that this crisis did not occur does not negate the dangers inherent in this situation: there is always the possibility of a recurrence of an abrupt return of Basotho labor from South Africa, and in the long run the demand for Basotho labor in South Africa may level off or even decline. An institutional and organizational framework will be required to cope with the logistics of employing large numbers of workers and to gain the necessary experience with labor-intensive techniques in order to achieve the highest possible productivity of labor in public works. In the long term, Lesotho considers the creation of productive employment opportunities absolutely essential. However, as long as better and more profitable opportunities exist in South Africa, they will attract Basotho labor. To cope with the future diminshing of these opportunities, Lesotho should begin an effective family planning program.
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