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Teachers and nurses unions have accused government of victimizing their members, forcing them not to participate in the industrial action that was scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) have noted a lot of gaps on the additional amendments to the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill presented on the National Assembly Order paper by Public Service and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima.
It’s widely believed the PVO bill “exposes the intention of the Zimbabwean government to provide itself with legal tools to control and ultimately silence civil society.”
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima said “thorough investigations are being made” at the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) following the suspension of the authority’s general manager Arthur Manase.
Manase was sent on a forced leave after a report by Nehanda Radio exposed him as the mastermind behind the alleged looting of millions of dollars in hefty allowances and benefits from underpaid pensioners living in abject poverty.
Public Service minister Paul Mavima has confirmed that investigations are being carried out at the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) amid allegations of corporate malpractice in critical departments that include audit, finance, investments, procurement and property.
The Government will tomorrow convene a meeting with its technical team and experts to deliberate on civil servants’ salaries ahead of a crunch meeting with the workers representatives after failing to reach an agreement on the initial meeting at the beginning of the month.
When the Government introduced e-map, an electronic schools application system in 2016, the intent was to inject sanity in the manner in which Form One places were being secured.
Teachers have called on government to urgently review their salaries this month as per government tradition at the beginning of each year, owing to the rise in the cost of living.
The Government has warned that teachers who did not report for duty will not get bonuses for this year as it starts implementing a no-work no-pay principle.
Government has tabled a new salary offer to its workers that will see the least paid teacher earn about $19 975, including a 10% risk allowance and shut the door for further negotiations.
Government has dissolved the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) board with immediate effect as part of a restructuring exercise aimed at re-aligning the organisation’s mandate with the national development agenda.