At least 12 000 jobs are on the line in the country's textile industry with exasperated investors threatening to quit the country over the police's repeated failure to address their safety concerns.
The 12 000 workers are employed at two of the leading textile companies in Maseru and the figure represents about 30 percent of the 40 000 people estimated to be employed by the entire textile industry in the country. However, the potential job losses could be much higher than that after fellow textile companies threatened to follow their colleagues out of the country if long-standing security concerns are not addressed to ensure their personal safety in the country.
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