Abstract:
Youth employment is very important in eradicating the bitter and harmful effects of
the socio-political and economic risks that Lesotho faces. However, enforcement of
chapter three of Lesotho’s constitution, level of education, the collapse of local
industries, climate change, and neglect of agricultural sector, so is the high rate of
diseases like HIV/AIDS tuberculosis and very high corruption rate in the government
play a very serious uphill battle to overcome the very threatening unemployment rate
among youth because the country has low financial resources. Consequently low
standard of living and high crime rate are the direct result of youth unemployment.
Lesotho is regarded as one of the poorest countries both the African region and in the
world. In trying to solve the problem of high youth unemployment rate the country
Incorporated policies advocated internationally especially those of ILO into its
constitution since 1966 with a view to strengthen their campaign to reduce the
unemployment rate. The justiciability of policies on opportunity to work as enshrined
in chapter three of the 1993 Constitution of Lesotho form the fulcrum upon which the
discussion in this paper is based. It concludes by recommending that the constitution
must be amended or be reformed to make section 29 to be justifiable. Equally
important creation of new laws and diversification of the economy (improvement of
private sector) is very important so is the revitalization of collapsed local industries to
absorb growing number of unemployed youths.
