A difficult day-to-day is what they say facing young people in the municipality of Bailundo, province of Huambo, who have already lost hope of joining the civil service, due to bureaucracy and 'gasosa' (small corruption) that they say persist in institutions.
Informal sales on the main streets of the municipality, the use of odd jobs and the motorcycle taxi service are the survival mechanisms of local young people to obtain the minimum for their survival and that of their children.
"Our daily life is really difficult, to survive there are always some battles, some sell fuel, some work with motorcycles, others in the fields and it's really difficult here in Bailundo", Januário Chimbula Sawambo told Lusa.
The 17-year-old, who drives a motorcycle acquired by his parents to support the family, also complained about the "corruption" that he says exists for access to public service.
"In public service it is difficult and you can only compete with money in hand, to survive I have my parents' motorcycle", he said, reporting that he earns at least 2000 kwanzas a day.
Fonseca Domingos, 17, unemployed, told Lusa that he survives from odd jobs he does on the streets of the municipality, lamenting the lack of jobs for young people and the "demand of the 'gasosa'" for a job.
The 10th grade student points out the difficult life of local young people: "Sometimes it's a struggle to eat, you arrive at the company and they ask you for more 'carbonated' and that's our difficult day-to-day".
Selling tickets at the Bailundo municipal park to passengers using interprovincial transport is the service of Ana Chilombo Sassoma, 26, an activity she considers a chore to support four children.
With a ballpoint pen and tickets in hand, which she sells at a price of 10,000 kwanzas/each, the young woman recounted her daily journey marked by "difficulties and lack of hope" in better days.
"Day-to-day life here is like that with some odd jobs, we survive with odd jobs, there are no opportunities in the civil service, you run and it's always negative", she explained.
"I earn 30,000 kwanzas a month. I have a family, I've applied several times and I've already lost hope of getting a job in the civil service and with my odd jobs my children will survive", she pointed out.
The daily difficulties of young people from Bailundo were also narrated by Paulo Baptista Chiculi, 18 years old, who, due to lack of work, has been selling fuel in the informal market for a year.
"The business goes on and on, day in and day out, and it's just to get some food to take home", he stressed, because, he stressed, "there isn't even professional training here".
Selling a liter of gasoline at 175 kwanzas, plus 15 kwanzas compared to the official price, he realized that he gets around 5,000 kwanzas daily: "And it's enough for food and not to sleep hungry", he assured.
Bailundo is one of the 11 municipalities in the province of Huambo, in the southern region of the country.
