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The Herald, 4 April 1981
MANUFACTURERS must switch to labour intensive technology wherever possible to help absorb Zimbabwe’s growing number of job seekers, the Minister of Labour and Social Services, Mr Kumbirai Kangai, said yesterday.
Opening the new industrial, Mining and Faming electrical factory Salisbury, Mr Kangai said that although there been an impressive growth in manufacturing in the past decade, unemployment had not improved.
I know that in certain types of operations there will be difficulties a firms implementing this policy, but in all cases serious consideration should be given to the use technologists which will absorb more labour,” he said.
The country was faced a shortage of foreign exchange, he said, and he urged IMF to continue manufacturing goods that would “otherwise have to be imported”.
The company should also act as a catalyst in promoting industrial harmony.”
In my view IMF’s aims should be to make the country self-sufficient in the range of goods it produces and to make strenuous efforts to increase its share of the export market.”
He said success in these endeavours would result in foreign exchange savings and increase foreign earnings to the benefit of the country.
Online Reporter