Luanda, March 20, 2025 (Lusa) - The Angolan economy has generated 18,850 new jobs since January, "showing signs of greater productivity," the minister of public administration, labour and social security said on Thursday.
Teresa Dias, who was speaking at the opening of the extended Consultative Council of the Ministry of Public Administration, Labour and Social Security (MAPTSS), stressed that the Angolan government must continue to work, "so that the jobs generated are stable," contributing to the development of communities.
"And that they create income to support their families in order to avoid a large number of families remaining in poverty situations," the minister emphasised.
Angola's National Statistics Institute reported in January that the unemployment rate in the third quarter of 2024 fell to 30.8%, although it grew slightly in the 15-24 age group.
The Angolan minister highlighted the role of the social partners, namely the three trade union centres which, in 2024, worked with the authorities to improve wage conditions for Angolan workers.
According to Teresa Dias, the actions of these trade union centres "have proved indispensable for good social harmony" and the path to well-received labour-oriented public policies to bring about good social justice for workers in general.
"In this regard, we cannot fail to mention the long and fruitful negotiations held between the executive and the trade unions over the course of 2024, where the good sense of the parties prevailed in the face of the economic and financial conditions that the country is going through, resulting in the implementation of the recent wage increase of 25% for the entire civil service," said Teresa Dias.
The minister highlighted "the arduous process" that culminated in the aforementioned increase, in which the parties were committed to recognising and enhancing human capital in the civil service, as well as "the executive's unequivocal concern to improve the social conditions of civil servants by increasing the purchasing power of families".
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