People who lose jobs deserve comfort, support

Madam,

I have noted how many people treat their family members with disdain after they have lost their jobs. :ith the hard lockdown caused by &29I' about three years ago, and the effects of the unrest, many breadwinners lost their jobs.

This has caused family members to look at them as outcasts due to their failure to provide for their families. Many former breadwinners have been left out in the cold because they are no longer able to put food on the table.

5ecently, a woman called a radio station and said her own biological mother started sidelining her after she lost her job. 6he said the whole fam ily started looking at her as someone who was becoming a burden to them due to her inability to take care of her own family.

They even Tuestioned why she was eating food she never bought. This is gruesome treatment of a family member who had always been there for them and it flies in the face of unity and love. Losing a job is an unfortu nate occurrence and one shouldn¶t be made to suffer the conseTuences of being retrenched.

MISFORTUNE

:hat adds salt to the wound is that all those years when the person was still providing, she was a champion, but that suddenly vanished into thin air due to uninvited misfortune. This means that the family never loved her but her money. :hen someone loses a job, that person deserves comfort and support so she can rise again. .icking someone when she is down is the height of selfishness. May we all regroup and start embracing people even in their worst moments. 'espis ing someone over a job loss cannot be justified. Let us liberate ourselves.

Malphia Honwane