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Govt Goes After Civil Servants' Earnings, Restoration Of US$540 Salaries Now A Distant Dream

9 months agoWed, 19 Jun 2024 11:25:02 GMT

Govt Goes After Civil Servants' Earnings, Restoration Of US$540 Salaries Now A Distant Dream

The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has reportedly started making deductions from the foreign currency component of civil servants’ salaries despite government employees already facing severe financial strain due to low wages.

Currently, civil servants, such as teachers are taking home net salaries of about US$270 down from US$320 following the move by the government to deduct pension contributions from their USD salaries.

A nurse who spoke to NewZimbabwe.com on condition of anonymity said they suspect that NSSA has already started the deductions this June. Said the nurse:

I haven’t seen my payslip yet but I was shocked to note that my usual salary was US$30 less when I visited the bank last Friday.

Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou confirmed that the deductions will be backdated to January 2024. He said:

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Yes, NSSA will be deducting the US$ salaries backdated to January 2024. This is unfortunate and ill-conceived. The deductions are unlawful and a product of one-armed banditry nature of unilateralism from the government.
They are not a product of engagement with unions and therefore palpably unjust and a monument of Zimbabwean justice.
As PTUZ, we call for the respect of tenets of fair labour practice and disputation and reject impositions by the employer.

Civil servants have criticised the government for making more deducting on their paltry earnings instead of restoring their salaries to the pre-October 2018 level of US$540.

PTUZ Secretary General Raymond Manjongwe, on June 5, 2024, wrote a letter to the Public Service Commission protesting the deductions. He said:

We also want to reiterate that the US$ NSSA deductions are a clear fraud of the highest order. How can NSSA be allowed to unilaterally deduct civil servants’ salaries yet the same government is ignoring calls for reasonable US$ salary adjustments?

NSSA has a long history of shortchanging pensioners amid allegations of corruption and poor management at the Authority.

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21 Comments

freedom · 9 months ago

Mai Mau taura hako server ye 4000 yobhadharwa ne 1•2 million this is unbelievable looting

mimi · 9 months ago

what do you expect from a coup leader¿expect the worst,Robert was a real father to the nation,unlike the mafia gangster

chapwititi · 9 months ago

inga Wani miti panguva yechando inokuhumuka mashizha yozoti nekufamba kwenguva yova nenhenhere,shiri nemhuka dzesango nenyuchi dzofara dzichidya maruva.ko isu tinosvika rinhiko.

Ndini · 9 months ago

hatina chinonzi Govement tine mbavha nemhondi zvega ndozvandinoziwa.Unoona vanhu vachiromba nechicken in..

Anonymous · 9 months ago

Corruption ndiwo mutupo/chidawo cheZimbabwe..

civil servants · 9 months ago

Good move

Rudo💅 · 9 months ago

Nyika ino inongondichemedza hangu

Tambaoga · 9 months ago

pamberi nemaEke, uye nekutengesa holidaywork

Y · 9 months ago

Teacher better kana urikupiwa200 ita basa rako zvichanaka chete 2030 shingirirai zvako

👀👀 · 9 months ago

Prisca Mupfumira is walking freely with 90 million yuwesi darasi yet some pipo are suffering

· 9 months ago

This government is broke and secondly Vene & Sons want to boost their coffers

patz · 9 months ago

These teacher unions pamwe pacho they are not reasonable. The reason why they get pensions is that they would have contributed to the pension scheme during their working days. Saka wanoda kuzovana pension kupi if they dont contribute.

apes · 9 months ago

pension ipi yavanopihwa inemsoro ****wo iwee

Cde hondo · 9 months ago

Yes gvt is correct on US$ deduction

· 9 months ago

I doubt you ever worked in formal employment. Kuti payslip unoiziva here iwe?

patz · 9 months ago

Ichabiwa futi mari yeNSSA nekambuya kaya. Kari ku zoomer zvako kari paSenate apo

aldayz · 9 months ago

its not fair theCICvilsavants are getting less deduction again they better get $5009 net pay then deductions second of nassa

Cde mau mau · 9 months ago

As long as ichisvika pa texable bracket it must be taxed inga private sector zvoriko wani... What's special about civil servants.... Mind yu ED anoda mari yana Chivhayo yema tender aye ekuti server ye 4000 inobhadharwa 1.2m.... 2030 ed third term pfeee

CIDHarare@2024 · 9 months ago

hmmmmmm iwe ka owe ka (　｀□´)