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Youth Unemployment and how to deal with it

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This one is the most problematic issue in our community these days. Whenever I get to these talks I find myself being so emotional. Anyways I have been a member of this group, where vacancies and piece jobs are shared randomly from companies in Swaziland. It pains one to see that everyday the youth is tirelessly searching for jobs yet the unemployment rate is increasing daily on this side.  Statistics currently show that the rate of youth unemployment stands at 47.37% as  Published by H. Plecher, Oct 13, 2020 on Statista https://www.statista.com/statistics/813070/youth-unemployment-rate-in-swaziland/ when the population of the youth stands at 43% of the total population of 1.1 Million people.  The biggest problem here is that unemployment comes with its own negative effect which greatly affects our youngsters. The most common problems we have been witnessing are the following: ● Drugs and Alcohol Abuse - while staying at my parents house in Mpolonjeni, I was jointly runn...

Heres a Pinky Promise

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First things first, before we even talk about promises, I definately got to share with you my objectives for the whole blog. Believe me  you need to know them.... 😋 even if you feel like you dont but you do. ● Sharing my life experience from Swaziland as raw and unfiltered as possible Reason: having lived my whole years in here and also done tourism studies, i felt it would be great to share how life in Swaziland feels like.  ● anything termed as hot, will be for your eyes only  ● inspiration, motivation and everything to awaken the lying giant within you ● things you may not know about on this other end "Did you knows?" And theeeeen the big reveal!!!!! So I will be posting content for you every Wednesday , you like it huh?  Since I have time to myself when im not assisting clients at the kiosk, I have dedicated that time to creating content for the site,  rather than being idle all day, i thought why not share this part of the world with the rest of the world....

The Digital Era and Families in our Time

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Overview One of the most disturbing things in our time, that has costed some relationships is digital media. The televisions, smart phones and other devices that we tend to use in our everyday lives affect us in a manner so negative that we have even forgotten the basic approaches to strangers, verbal communication and the likes. In this topic I will be sharing views based on my family setting that that i grew up under, looking at the changes we experianced  when we got exposed to digital media. Note: the views shared in this article are personal views based on personal experiences . Before the Technological Saturation Well my childhood was characterised by days in the outskirts of our capital city Mbabane where we were just a bunch of children living in world of fun. There wasn't any television to kill time, so during the day once done with our house chores,  we would be out there with other kids playing all sorts of games  Dy  (a game of dodging a ball so that it d...

The Month Of December Eswatini

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      [A view of a street in Mbabane] What to Expect? Amid the COVID-19 era in our Small country, we are still looking forward to a great month with December right on the door. Our Christmas month is graced by the strongest standing Incwala Ceremony which is the national prayer thanking the previous year and asking for a blessed new year from God, commonly know  as Mvelinchanti (Omnipresent) to most ema Swati. Celebration! Yes!!!☺, celebration is all we are on about in December here. Most of our brothers and sisters will be having their annual leaves and head to the Bundus to visit their families to have a great time. Because its a month of celebration, these times we have more parties, weddings and the likes as the greenery allows perfect pictures and outside set ups with the summer rains coming in.  www.thekingdomofeswatini.com Web results The Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland): Official Tourism Website