WANT TO BE A WARDER? ONLY 8 HOURS TO APPLY

MBABANE – A tough deadline has been given to aspiring warders and wardresses as they only have eight hours today to apply to His Majesty’s Correctional Services (HMCS) for this year’s recruitment.
This is because there is limited space this year that has been offered by government.

The last recruitment saw 320 warders and wardresses having a passout parade in June 2016 after they were at the college for 14 months.
It has been reliably gathered that the number will be quite less this time around though no official figure was confirmed by HMCS administration.

In the last recruitment, candidates were given three days to submit application letters and entry requirements attached to the letter for the warder/wardress cadre. Teachers, artisans, social workers and psychologists have also been called to submit applications and they will also go through a 12-month training.

HMCS Public Relations Officer Senior Assistant Commissioner Bongani Khumalo confirmed that they had placed an advert for recruitment, which would last only a day.
“There are no new posts created in the service and there will only be a few people taken this time around. The people we are taking will be covering posts for those who have passed away, retired, those who were fired and those who have left for greener pastures.

“The interested and suitable candidates should submit their applications before 4pm today,” Khumalo said.
Applicants are expected to be Swazi citizens and they should bring a handwritten application letter.

Anyone interested in the vacancies should be between the ages of 20-30, be physically fit and must have an O’Level/ IGCSE certificate.
In addition, the applicant must pass all the aptitude tests and oral interviews and they will be posted to different Correctional centres.
The recruitment comes at a time when 1 286 University of Swaziland students recently graduated.

An economist, who spoke on condition of anonymity, noted that not all the graduates would be interested in joining the Correctional Services though there were professional posts that have been advertised such as teachers and others.
“However, if you look at the number of graduates against the available job opportunities in general, it’s a serious cause for concern. I would recommend graduates to also consider being entrepreneurs and not to rely on what the job market has to offer,” he said.

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