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The government has transferred lecturers and non-lecturing staff at technical and teachers’ colleges from the Public Service Commission (PSC) to the Tertiary Education Service Council (TESC).
In a circular to teacher training colleges and polytechnic principals dated 12 July 2023, TESC said the transfer was effected in terms of section 72(2) and (3) of the Manpower Planning and Development Act (Chapter 28:02). TESC said:
<blockquote>
Reference is made to the PSC’s Minute A/28/44 dated June 23, 2023, regarding the subject matter. In this regard, PSC transferred all members employed in technical, vocal and teachers colleges to the TESC with effect from June 23.
Members who had exercised their right not to join the TESC were automatically and by operation of law transferred to the council.
If there are members who are averse to the transfer, principals should secure written submissions and send the submissions to the Tertiary Education Council Secretariat no later than July 31.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, polytechnic employees who spoke to <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200014113/govt-transfers-tertiary-education-staff-from-psc">NewsDay</a> said that they feared that their working conditions will be worse under the council.
A non-lecturing employee was quoted as saying that they preferred working under PSC as it provided job security instead of “being forced to join” a “trial and error arrangement led by retired people.”
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Govt Transfers College Staff From PSC To Tertiary Education Service Council

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has started to implement the first phase of the retention allowances payments to civil servants under the Skills Attraction, Retention and Development Fund (SARDF).
The retention allowance is aimed at attracting highly competent professionals into Government service and ensuring those already employed do not leave the civil service due to low remuneration.
In a statement on Wednesday, PSC secretary Tsitsi Choruma said the first phase will target 11 categories of critical skills with total pay benchmarked to local and regional earning levels.
Grades from the deputy director and below will be eligible for the allowances.
Engineers, information and communication technology specialists, mining surveyors, forensic scientists, architects, veterinary officers, quantity surveyors, social development officers, psychologists, metallurgists, and legal drafters make up the 11 categories.
Choruma said the allowance was set at 70 percent of the basic salary of the member’s grade. She said:
<blockquote>
The identification of jobs was based on the high level of attrition in these categories and also the difficulty in filling the posts once a vacancy arises.
The retention allowance for the job categories has been benchmarked using the salary levels obtaining on the market as observed from different salary surveys both locally and regionally.
As additional resources become available, more jobs will be added to the list, and the retention allowance improved.
</blockquote>
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development had allocated ZWL$1.512 billion for the SARDF to pay the retention allowances.
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Govt To Pay "Retention Allowances" To Skilled Civil Servants

The Public Service Commission (PSC) says it has zero tolerance for corruption. In a statement issued on 15 March 2023, the PSC announced the official steps to follow for Online Registration for employment in public service. Read the statement below:
<blockquote>
The Public Service Commission is the employer of Public Servants in Zimbabwe, whose core values include professionalism and high ethical behavior underpinned by the principle of meritocracy as espoused in Section 194 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. This is the foundation of our Corporate Culture which is subscribed by our workers.
In this regard, the Commission wishes to advise members of the Public Service, Pensioners and in particular the wonderful citizens of this country in general that:-
<ul>
<li>The Commission has a standing policy of zero tolerance for corruption;</li>
<li>Jobs in Public Service are not, and have never been, for sale;</li>
<li>The Commission does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, processing, appointment, training or other human resources process);</li>
<li>Should there be anyone out there who has ever been approached by someone to pay money at any stage, allegedly to facilitate any Human Resource process, Public Services or release of pension money, they should come forward and report this activity;</li>
<li>The Commission makes use of external job adverts which are widely published, internal job adverts circulated to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, as well as Online Registration system for prospective job candidates.</li>
</ul>
Please find below the official approved steps to follow for Online Registration for employment in public service;-
<h2>STEP 1</h2>
Go to: https://zimeservices.pfms.gov.zw
<h2>STEP 2</h2>
On the page that opens, go to How to apply then select the Click Here to register option and a form opens up for you to complete. Fill in the form and submit.
Once registered you will be assigned a unique registration number which will be sent to you via SMS or email.
<h2>STEP 3</h2>
Return to the main page and select Zimbabwean Citizen Log in. Those already registered must also select Zimbabwean Citizens Log in.
<h2>STEP 4</h2>
Once logged in, locate the Public Service Commission section. Take note of the various document attachments required and ensure that they are readily available to successfully make your application.
<h2>STEP 5</h2>
Select the Advert Response option
If you are responding to an advert or the New Candidate option
If that is what applies
<h2>STEP 6</h2>
You will get confirmation that your advert response application has been registered
successfully
The Public Service Commission wishes to advise the public and all Government employees not to engage in any form of bribes or solicitation in cash or kind and to report any such practices by anyone to the platforms indicated below.
Facebook: Zimbabwe Public Service Commission
YouTube: PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ZIMBABWE
Twitter: Public Service Commission Zimbabwe
Google Play: Download the PSC-ZIM App
Instagram: Public Service Commission – Zim
WhatsApp: 263-788584848
Email: feedback@psc.ov.zw or recruitment@psc.go
LinkedIn: Public Service Commission Zimbabwe
Website: www.psc.gov.zw
Phone: 263-242-793936; 263-242-700882; 262-242-700884
</blockquote>
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Here Is How To Apply For Employment In Public Service

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has reiterated its demand for the restoration of teachers’ pre-October 2018 salaries of US$540.00.
In a letter dated 9 January 2022 addressed to the Public Service Commission (PSC), ARTUZ Secretary General Robson Chere said a meeting between the Commission and teacher unions should be convened to address teachers’ incapacitation. Wrote Chere:
<blockquote>
We write to remind you that the incapacitation of teachers remains unaddressed and is an obstacle to the efficient discharge of duties by teachers.
As the schools open this January of 2023, Our members have advised us to engage you on the need to restore the salaries to pre-October 2018 figures of USD $540.
As a Trade Union, we are also passionate about the development of the Education sector in our country and we are alarmed by the continued prejudice of learners who continue to suffer, as long as this matter remains unaddressed.
Even the development of our nation is being compromised as each year students with potential do not get the best from their teachers.
We implore your office to give this matter the urgency it deserves.
We reiterate our call for a legitimate conversation between yourselves and bona fide workers’ representatives from the education sector.
</blockquote>

Rural Teachers Write To PSC, Reiterate Demand For Restoration Of US$540 Salaries

The Government has deducted salaries for teachers who did not report for duty in February as part of the no work no pay policy.
Thousands of teachers failed to report for duty for the first two weeks after schools reopened on 7 February citing incapacitation.
Public Service Commission (PSC) Permanent Secretary Jonathan Wutawunashe confirmed the deductions. He said:
<blockquote>
It is true that Government is serious about the no work no pay principle because it is the only one that is fair to those who show up at work.
There’s no justice and there is no logic in treating the civil servant who reports for duty the same way you treat the one who does not show up.
One of the most important facts to remember is that Government had moved to implement an agreed upward adjustment to salaries and has also extended a number of benefits significantly the maintenance of the US$75 plus COVID-19 allowance and the introduction of the additional US$100, making it US$175 for every civil servant.
There were other benefits so it was important for civil servants to report for work knowing that their issues were being addressed through very significant interventions.
It was important for civil servants to be responsible and show up for work.
And indeed, one hastens to add that the majority of civil servants did report for work.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) chief executive officer Sifiso Ndlovu said that the PSC deducted between $11 000 and $17 000 from teachers.
Wutawunashe said the Government will continue to address civil servants’ grievances through negotiations. He said:
<blockquote>
Government is always looking for ways to improve the conditions of service including salaries.
There are, of course, accepted channels for doing that and it is through negotiations between the workers’ representatives and Government in the context of the National Joint Negotiating Council.
You will notice that all the engagements between the Government and the NJNC in the past three years have always produced improvements.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/government-recruits-more-teachers/">Chronicle</a></h4>

Govt Deducts "Incapacitated" Teachers' Salaries

Full statement by the Public Service Commission (PSC) chairman, Vincent Hungwe, in commemoration of the International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day, on Sunday, 01 May 2022.
<blockquote>
<h2>WORKERS’ DAY MESSAGE – 1ST MAY 2022</h2>
The Chairman, Dr Vincent Hungwe, on behalf of Commissioners and the Secretariats of the Public Service Commission, the Defence Forces Service Commission, the Police Service Commission, the Prisons and Correctional Service Commission and the entire Civil Service, joins the nation in commemorating Workers’ Day.
As we shine the spotlight on workers, we are delighted to wish all workers well on this, their day.
As the largest employer in the country, we take this opportunity to appreciate our workers and to recommit ourselves, on behalf of Government, to creating a conducive work environment and to continuing to support our workers as best we can with monetary and non-monetary benefits that can improve their lives.
The challenges facing workers on account of pricing distortions in the marketplace require a constant search for creative solutions.
As we commit to the continuous improvement of our workers’ lives and livelihoods, Government has taken significant steps to address the needs of civil servants, including:
<ul>
<li>Pay &amp; Benefits Reform – where innovation around conditions of service has continued, with an expansion of the range of incentives that has seen the launch of the Government Employees Mutual Savings Fund, which promotes a culture of savings and wealth creation; the significant growth of the PSC bus fleet for ferrying workers to and from work; the resuscitation of the housing guarantee scheme; school fees and housing relief for teachers; the extension of the Motor Vehicle Import Rebate; and the transformation of the Government pension scheme from the ‘pay as you go’ approach that is prone to inflationary pressures to a sustainable, self-managed pension fund that generates dividends and ensures pensioners do not lose out regardless of the economic climate prevailing when they retire, as the benefits they will receive are both secure and defined.</li>
<li>Human Capital Development – The Public Service Academy has launched programmes that help in skilling and reskilling the workforce into cadres fit for the role and purpose of propelling the nation towards the attainment of Vision 2030. The Academy has rolled out several essential courses which are being acknowledged by beneficiaries as “transformative, ground-breaking and empowering.”</li>
<li>Amendments to Relevant Legislation – The amendment of the Public Service Act and the State Service Pensions
Act to better serve the interests of civil servants are at an advanced stage following consultations that were recently held with civil servants and other stakeholders.</li>
<li>Sexual Harassment Policy – Grey areas that impeded the application of regulations that should protect civil servants against sexual harassment in the workplace have been eliminated, with the recent approval by Cabinet of the Sexual Harassment Policy crafted by the Public Service Commission, and strengthened through consultation with a broad range of stakeholders and experts.</li>
</ul>
These initiatives are but illustrative examples of Government’s determined efforts to give traction to the imperative defined by His Excellency Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa of a workforce that is capacitated, equipped and incentivised to deliver outputs, results and outcomes that bring Zimbabwe ever closer to the attainment of Vision 2030.
As we celebrate our valued workers, let us keep our eyes fixed on that glorious horizon.
We wish all of Zimbabwe’s Workers a happy Workers’ Day.
HAPPY WORKERS’ DAY!
</blockquote>
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Public Service Commission's Statement On Workers' Day {Full Text}

Top Government officials will on Thursday sign Performance Contracts at Harare International Conference Centre at the Rainbow Towers.
In a statement, Secretary to Service Commissions, Jonathan Wutawunashe, said 84 Chief Directors and Directors will sign the contracts. The statement read:
<blockquote>
Government continues to raise the bar on performance management in Ministries and Departments by requiring senior officials to sign Performance Contracts in order to strengthen service delivery to citizens.
In a ceremony to be held on Thursday 31 March 2022, Chief Directors and Directors in all 21 Government ministries will publicly sign Performance Contracts at Harare International Conference Centre at the Rainbow Towers.
At the ceremony, 84 Chief Directors and Directors are scheduled to sign contracts as a representative sample on behalf of a total population of 463 Chief Directors and Directors, the rest of whom will sign their contracts in their Ministries and Departments.
This event signals the cascading to all levels of the high-performance Work Culture which Government in the Second Republic is championing, and which was demonstrated in February at a ceremony graced by the presence of His Excellency President E.D. Mnangagwa, where Ministers, Permanent Secretaries of Government as well as CEOs of parastatals and leaders of Local Government Authorities signed their own Performance Contracts.
In the true spirit of the principle, ‘What Gets Measured Gets Done’, the contracts will outline specific strategic objectives, outputs and outcomes targeted for the year 2022 for Chief Directors and Directors.
The performance of Chief Directors and Directors will be assessed on a quarterly basis, together with that of Permanent Secretaries with the final evaluation conducted annually.
Members of the media are hereby invited to cover the event, which starts at 9:30 am on Thursday 31 March 2022 at the HICC in the main auditorium.
</blockquote>
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More Senior Govt Officials To Sign Performance Contracts

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is investigating cases of teachers who did not report for duty when schools opened on 7 February to ascertain whether their reasons for their absence are genuine or not.
The Public Service Commission (PSC) had given the absentee teachers until Tuesday, 22 February to resume work or be regarded as having resigned voluntarily.
The majority of teachers failed to report for duty when schools opened early this month citing incapacitation.
The teachers were also demanding pre-October 2018 US dollar salaries of up to US$540 per month.
Primary and Secondary Education communication and advocacy director, Taungana Ndoro said that they need up to two weeks to complete their investigations. Ndoro said:
<blockquote>
Someone did not come but was not able to give a reason, a valid reason. So we need to give a little bit more time for us to actually say, this person did not come to work deliberately.
We can’t give statistics and figures of those who really absconded from duty as of now. Perhaps in one or two weeks, we shall get a clear picture.
What if that person was unconscious, injured or involved in an accident and they don’t know what transpired?
So there’s a lot of due diligence that we need to do to find out what is really on the ground.
Perhaps in two weeks’ time, we would have published that there are people who are no longer part of the system.
We may even receive resignation letters as there are a lot of things at play. There are people who would say, ‘I don’t know why you want to fire me, as I actually resigned’.
For those who weren’t at work and only pitched up on February 22, the same will happen, due diligence will take place.
They shall be asked why they were not at work.
</blockquote>
Early this month, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education suspended striking teachers and school heads without pay for three months.
However, a High Court challenge by teachers’ unions to stay the suspensions was granted.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/government-investigates-absentee-teachers/">Chronicle</a></h4>

Government Investigates Absentee Teachers

The Public Service Commission (PSC) said teachers who are refusing to return to work will be replaced without the option of re-engagement in future.
This comes after the PSC gave the teachers an ultimatum to report for duty by 22 February 2022 or face dismissal.
Speaking to NewsDay yesterday, PSC chairperson Jonathan Wutawunashe said teachers who are absent from work should have a valid and verifiable reason to do so. He said:
<blockquote>
Those teachers who signal that they are no longer willing to work, naturally, have to be replaced as quickly as possible in the interests of schoolchildren.
A teacher, who is absent from work, needs to give a valid and verifiable reason for unavoidable absence, failing which the regulations provide procedures for disciplinary measures, which include dismissal.
Urgent recruitment, where there are no teachers, will be done in accordance with established recruitment procedures.
</blockquote>
The PSC said it would replace the striking teachers with unemployed trained educators or college graduates.
Primary and Secondary Education spokesperson Taungana Ndoro on Tuesday said that the majority of teachers reported for duty fearing dismissal.
The majority of teachers and school heads boycotted classes when schools reopened for the 2022 first term on 7 February citing incapacitation.
The Government offered civil servants a 20% salary offer, with part of their Zimbabwe dollar salaries equivalent to US$100, paid in hard cash.
Teachers, who constitute the greater proportion of the civil service, insist the offer is not good enough and are pushing for the restoration of their pre-October 2018 US$540 salary.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) president Richard Gundane reiterated the union’s call for its members to report for work.
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure said the unity among teachers has been broken by the Government’s use of deceit and threats.
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe castigated some teachers’ unions for their “complicity in incapacitating teachers.”
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/02/we-are-replacing-absentee-teachers-govt/">NewsDay</a></h4>

PSC To Replace Absentee Teachers

The majority of teachers in public schools have reported for duty after the Public Service Commission (PSC) threatened to fire them.
Last week, the PSC gave striking teachers up to 22 February to resume work or else be regarded as voluntarily resigned.
In an interview with State media on Tuesday, Primary and Secondary Education communication and advocacy director, Taungana Ndoro expressed satisfaction with the teacher turnout. He said:
<blockquote>
We have received reports from all the provinces and we are happy to say that teachers who turned for duty were more than 60 per cent and that’s more than the number of teachers who turned out when schools reopened.
This is an encouraging number and we will continue monitoring the situation.
</blockquote>
Most teachers in public schools failed to report to duty when schools opened for the 2022 first term on 7 February saying they were financially incapacitated.
They have been demanding pre-2018 US dollar salaries of up to US$540 but the Government offered them US$100 in addition to a US$75 COVID-19 risk allowance and a 20 per cent increment on the Zimbabwe dollar component of their salaries.
Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) national secretary-general Goodwill Taderera also said the majority of their members had reported for duty across the country. He added:
<blockquote>
You see, we are obviously not happy with the salary we are getting as teachers. We are still maintaining that we go back to the pre-2018 salary structure.
</blockquote>
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) leader, Takavafira Zhou, said that they had resolved that teachers return to work while they continue pushing for the restoration of their salaries. He said:
<blockquote>
Collated evidence from provinces revealed that the best protection from the employer is the unity of purpose in diversity and therefore teachers must return to schools as we continue fighting for US$540.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/marjority-of-teachers-flock-back-to-work/">Chronicle</a></h4>

Majority Of Teachers Return Back To Work

The National Health and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (NHAWUZ) has expressed support for teachers who have not been reporting for duty since schools reopened last Monday citing incapacitation.
The Government responded by effecting a blanket three-month suspension without pay on all the absentee teachers.
In a statement on Tuesday, NHAWUZ criticised the unilateral action by the Government, arguing that it has no place “in a well-developed democracy”. NHAWUZ said:
<blockquote>
We support Social dialogue and collective bargaining through trade unionism and we want to see constructive relationships between the government of Zimbabwe and teachers.
This kind of relationship has proved its high value in many countries, both in times of economic growth and during a crisis.
In spite of attempts to demonize Zimbabwe’s public sector (through the Public Service debate, for instance), the problem of the irresponsibility of the banking sector, the unfairness of those paying for the reckless, corrupt and greediness of a few political elites is very much difficult to align with neoliberal conventions.
This logic of injustice and unfairness has to reawaken politics and galvanize actions that governments dismiss at their own peril.
</blockquote>
On Wednesday, the Zimbabwe Public Service Commission (PSC) gave all teachers, deputy heads and heads of schools until Tuesday 22 February 2022 to report for duty.
The PSC said that teachers who have either not reported for duty or are reporting for duty but not teaching will be deemed to have resigned if they ignore the 22nd of February deadline.
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NHAWUZ Backs Striking Teachers

The Government has said it will not be held to ransom by teachers who have either not reported for duty or are reporting for duty but not teaching.
In a statement, the Zimbabwe Public Service Commission (PSC) said all teachers, deputy heads and heads of schools who do not report for duty by Tuesday 22 February 2022 will be deemed to have resigned from the service. Said the PSC:
<blockquote>
The government notes with concern that, in spite of the significant steps it has taken to improve conditions of service, working with the Apex Council, some teachers continue to absent themselves from work, with some reporting for duty but not working.
This has had the effect of depriving learners of their inalienable right to education as well as prejudicing parents of their significant investment in their children’s education.
This behaviour on the part of some teachers is all the more distressing in view of the fact that it is coming at a time when learners have already lost more than a month of learning in 2022 alone due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and were therefore looking forward to the opportunity to catch up with their studies.
Such behaviour cannot be tolerated as it will have a lasting, negative impact on an entire generation.
</blockquote>
The PSC added that teachers who are reporting for duty but not teaching will also be deemed to have resigned.
All those who will have in that manner so resigned and were occupying institutional accommodation are expected to vacate the same with immediate effect, the PSC said.
The PSC invited unemployed trained teachers, university and college graduates in the sciences, engineering, technical, vocational areas and other disciplines who are interested in joining the teaching profession to ensure that they are registered at the nearest district education offices as the recruitment process shall begin soon after the 22nd of February 2022.
Headmasters and teachers deemed to have resigned shall not be eligible for this recruitment. Said the PSC:
<blockquote>
Government has taken the position that it will now work with those who demonstrate their commitment by performing their duties at all times to serve the nation.
</blockquote>
In terms of Section 75 sub-section 4 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, concerning the right to education, the Government of Zimbabwe has already taken reasonable legislative and other measures, within the limits of the resources available to it, to achieve the progressive realisation of the right to education.
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Govt Gives Striking Teachers 22 February Ultimatum

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced that civil servants in rural areas will be provided with free transport for shopping every Saturday after a payday every month starting this month.
In a notice, the PSC revealed that teachers will be the first to start enjoying the facility, with the rest of the civil servants following on 26 February.
Starting this Saturday, a bus from Kotwa will pick up people at BSPZ leaving at 6:30 am and arrive in Harare at Fourth Street near Mukwati Building at 0900hrs while returning at 3 pm. Read part of the notice:
<blockquote>
The PSC wishes to inform civil servants that it will be providing transport for shopping to civil servants every Saturday after a payday monthly from February 2022 onwards.
Civil servants who wish to enjoy this facility are required to carry their payslips and national IDs with them and it should be noted that the facility is free for now.
</blockquote>
This new incentive for civil servants comes after the Government awarded them a 20 per cent salary increment backdated to 1 January, plus US$100 from the employees’ local currency component.
Teachers will receive school fees support for up to three biological children and also be allowed to import vehicles duty-free.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/more-benefits-for-civil-servants-2/">The Herald</a></h4>

Free Transport For Shopping Trips For Civil Servants

ZANU PF activists in Umguza district, Matabeleland North province, have reportedly requested school development committees (SDCs) to submit names of teachers who have not reported for duty since schools opened for the first term on 7 February 2022 citing incapacitation.
A message circulating on the party’s WhatsApp group signed by one J Sibanda, the ZANU PF district co-ordinating committee member, read:
<blockquote>
Morning Umguza, I request that SDCs must go to their schools and write down names of all teachers who did not turn up for work since the schools opened (Monday) up to Friday and submit the names of the school, and the names of the teachers to the constituency offices on February 16.
Forward this message to your respective (WhatsApp) groups.
</blockquote>
Matabeleland North Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) chairperson Kwanele Ndlovu said they were not bothered by the messages. Said Ndlovu:
<blockquote>
As teachers, we must not be afraid of any message that does not come from our employer, we must remain guided by our public service contractual obligations.
</blockquote>
Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs minister, Richard Moyo, who is also ZANU PF provincial chairperson and Umguza legislator expressed ignorance over the matter. He said:
<blockquote>
I am not aware of that as it is supposed to be done by the Public Service Commission.
I will find out from the constituency if they have such a programme.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/02/zanu-pf-demands-names-of-striking-teachers/">NewsDay</a></h4>

ZANU PF Demands Names Of Teachers Who Are On Strike

The government Friday met with workers’ representatives over salaries and the meeting was adjourned with the two parties not agreeing on the way forward. We present below the government’s press statement that followed the meeting.
<blockquote>COMMENCEMENT OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND WORKERS’ REPRESENTATIVES IN THE NATIONAL JOINT NEGOTIATING COUNCIL (NJNC)
Negotiations between Government and its workforce began in earnest and in a cordial and constructive atmosphere this afternoon as the Government team and workers’ representatives exchanged notes on a Cost of Living Adjustment and on other matters relating to the welfare of civil servants.
The meeting adjourned in the late afternoon to facilitate consultations, and it is expected that the talks will resume as early as next week. 
The Secretary Ambassador J. Wutawunashe Public Service Commission</blockquote>

FULL TEXT: Outcome Of The Govt-Workers' Meeting

Sabastian Marume of Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (ZIMDEF) is said to be getting 2 salaries from the government one from ZIMDEF and another one from Public Service Commission (PSC), Zim Morning Post reports.
Marume was reportedly employed by the Tertiary Education Ministry as the quality assurance and standards director while also serving as the acting CEO in the ministry from 2018 to January 2020.
According to the publication, Marume was later on promoted to substantive ZIMDEF CEO but he continued to receive 2 salaries, one from ZIMDEF and another one from the Ministry where he was a director before his promotion:
<blockquote> …Marume was later promoted to the position of substantive CEO in January 2020 but has continued to receive the two salaries.</blockquote>
Speaking to the publication, Marume blamed the anomaly on the ZIMDEF HR department and confirmed he is indeed pocketing 2 salaries and said:
<blockquote>I was appointed substantive CEO in February after serving in an acting capacity since 2018 and was receiving my allowances from ZIMDEF and at the same time getting my salary from the ministry,</blockquote>
Marume, however, pointed out that the error was being corrected, and PSC was in the process of changing his employment status but was being delayed by the COVID-19 lockdown.
More: <a href="https://zimmorningpost.com/zimdef-fresh-scandal-ceo-in-corruption-storm/">Zim Morning Post</a>

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The Public Service Commission (PSC) has directed ministries to reduce the number of workers reporting for duty to just 15% of the total workforce to curb the spread of coronavirus at workplaces.
This entails that only 15 per cent of staff, except for units providing essential services who will have higher percentages of staff on duty, will be at work while the rest will remain at home.
Those who will remain at home have been ordered to be on standby, remain in the towns and cities they are employed and be ready to be called in to provide help if the 15 per cent of staff on duty is overwhelmed. PSC Secretary Ambassador Jonathan Wutawunashe said:
<blockquote>We want 15 per cent of the public service to be at their respective workplaces. We want to decongest the workplaces.
Others will be on call and might be told to report for duty if those at work are overwhelmed or need to rest.
It is not every ministry where it is possible, where there are essential services that you cannot manage with 15 per cent but those are exceptions.</blockquote>
The PSC employs approximately 300 000 people, so about 45 000 civil servants have been recommended to report for work.

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Senior pensioners have claimed that their allowances have not been increased while those on the lower level had theirs increased in March and backdated to January.
A senior pensioner who spoke to Zim Morning Post on condition of anonymity said other government pensioners got their respective pension allowance increases way back in March. The senior pensioner added:
<blockquote>It is six months now, and we haven’t received what is due to us.
As senior government pensioners, we also suffer the same economic hardships that all ordinary citizens are exposed to</blockquote>
The senior pensioner also expressed concern over uncertainty on whether the government will pay them the money they are owed or not.
This comes when the government is scheduled to meet with workers who are demanding salaries as stated in the contracts they signed for in 2018.
Government pension allowances are determined by periodic salary reviews of those still serving in government and if the government agrees to increase current workers’ salaries, it means the government would need a deep pocket to make sure pensioners catch up with others.
More: <a href="https://zimmorningpost.com/psc-dumps-senior-pensioners-group-goes-without-allowance-increments-since-january/">Zim Morning Post</a>

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The Public Service Commission issued a statement saying that 10 200 teachers who participated in a strike called for by the Zimbabwe Teachers Union (ZIMTA) and The Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) will forfeit some their leave days.
The Commission said that it is treating the concerned teachers as first offenders and warned of severe punishment if they commit the same offence. Below is the full statement issued by the Commission:
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FULL TEXT: PSC To Deduct Leave Days Of Striking Teachers

Several teachers’ unions on February 15 wrote to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education requesting an urgent crisis meeting with the public service and other relevant government offices.
The letter reads as follows:
<blockquote>We wrote to remind your honourable office of a meeting between the Public Service Commission and the Education Sector which was promised during the last meeting of 10 February, between Ministry and Teachers’ Unions.
We, therefore, write to request the said meeting which aims to discuss and resolve on Sector Specific demands and other issues affecting the sector.
We would highly appreciate if you can revert to us on the appropriate date and time for the meeting.
Your cooperation in this regard will be appreciated.</blockquote>
The letter was signed by The Zimbabwe Teachers’ Unions (ZIMTA), Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), and the Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (TUZ), among other unions.

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The government on Thursday warned striking teachers that their salaries will be deducted for not repoerting for duty.
Teachers’ unions called for a nationwide strike starting on Febraury 5. On Thursday, the PTUZ and ZIMTA issued a joint statement where they called on their members to intensify the strike on Febraury 8.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Public Service Commission (PSC) chairman, Dr Vincent Hungwe said:
<blockquote>The commission has been made aware of isolated cases of abscondment by a minority of teachers at specific schools across some districts and provinces of the country.
Accordingly and in keeping with the applicable regulations, the commission advises members that unauthorised non-attendance at workstations will result in corresponding deductions from the salaries of the offending individuals on the basis of the principle “No Work, No pay.
Incidents in any form of intimidation or coercion to withdraw labour should be reported to law enforcement authorities.</blockquote>
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The Public Service Commission (PSC) revealed that the country has close to 20 000 unemployed trained teachers, some of whom graduated 6 years ago.
In a statement released on Monday, PSC chairman Vincent Hungwe said that the Commission will consider exporting teachers to regional countries. He said:
<blockquote>Concurrent with the foregoing the attention of the Commission has been drawn to the plight of 19993 teachers who completed their training some as far back as 2012 but not yet been placed in teaching positions.
Accordingly, the government in partnership with the Commission is exploring several initiatives to create opportunities for the teachers who are not absorbed under the recruitment exercise to be placed in schools when national budgetary resources permit.
… Government and the Commission are also exploring opportunities to place the teachers in SADC member states and other regions through mutually beneficial bilateral and multilateral arrangements.</blockquote>
The government has over the years frozen the recruitment of teachers citing budgetary constraints. The recent Transitional Stabilisation Plan announced by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube which is premised on austerity has made the situation even worse.
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In a statement, Public Service Commission Chairman Dr Vincent Hungwe said the civil service was expected to be fully functional today.
Hungwe said schools and other public service departments were required to commence work today. Said Hungwe:
<blockquote>Government wishes to appreciate the commitment shown by civil servants who have continued to report for duty despite the obstacles they encountered during the past few days.The Government is gratified by the improvement in attendance by civil servants at their work stations. All Government work places, including schools, are required to be fully functional tomorrow 17 January 2019 (today), with all personnel reporting for duty by the prescribed times. Public Service Commission buses, which transported personnel to work this morning (yesterday) and will ply their normal routes at the end of the workday, will ferry civil servants to and from work at the designated pick-up and drop-off points at the usual times</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/government-orders-workers-back-to-work/">Chronicle</a>

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The Public Service Commission (PSC) said civil servants who are set to benefit from the Government’s $60 million non-monetary incentive scheme should move into their new houses by April next year.
In an interview yesterday after touring the three sites for the housing units, Public Service Commission chairperson Dr Vincent Hungwe said the first housing site was at Knockmalloch along Harare-Bulawayo Road in Norton. There are two other sites in Glaudina and Dzivaresekwa in Harare. The Knockmalloch site will have 260 houses out of 600 units, Dzivaresekwa (262) and Glaudina (270). Said Hungwe:
<blockquote>The land in Norton has been serviced and the beneficiaries have been identified. It is expected that come the end of the first quarter of 2019, the beneficiaries will be moving into their properties. The second project here in Harare is the Glaudina one. The units are being built and there are about 270 for civil servants. Here in Dzivarasekwa, we have been informed that there are 600 units and 220 of them will accommodate civil servants.</blockquote>
He said those who are not civil servants can still accommodation with single bedroom units going for $18 000.
More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/civil-servants-houses-near-completion/">Chronicle</a>

Civil Servants Expected To Move Into New Houses By April 2019

In a statement the Public Service Commission (PSC) said it has started the process retrenching 3,384 youth officers. In his 2019 budget, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube pledged to lay them off by December. He said retrenching the youth officers will save $13.8 million.
We publish the full statement below:
<blockquote>
1.0 In line with the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) and as pronounced in the 2019 Budget Statement by the Honourable Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Government is implementing Civil Service Reforms targeted to change existing orientation, structure, functioning, temperament, performance, efficiency and ethical base for the Civil Service.
2.0 A number of measures are earmarked for implementation and these include right-sizing, reassignment and restructuring of the Civil Service in order to respond to the new ethos as espoused in Vision 2030, TSP and Devolution Agenda.
3.0 In the first phase of implementing Civil Service Reforms, Government has since initiated the process of retiring 3 384 Youth Officers in the Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation, and redirecting their energies to activities that have the potential to greatly improve their livelihoods. The main criterion being used to retire the Youth Officers is based on whether the members possess the requisite qualifications to be engaged as public officers.
4.0 The affected Youth Officers will receive their full retirement benefits in line with Public Service Statutes and these will be communicated to the affected individuals.
5.0 In order to enable the affected members to remain productive outside the Public Service, information on empowerment opportunities will be made available to those interested, particularly in view of the prompt disbursement of their benefits upon retirement.
6.0 Some of the Government empowerment options available include provision of skills at vocational training centres, access to finance, business mentorship and incubation services. The options will be demand driven.
7.0 Those interested should register through the Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation District Offices.</blockquote>

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In a statement to The Herald, Public Service Commission secretary Ambassador Jonathan Wutawunashe said Government will soon invite worker representatives to an urgent meeting to discuss the conditions of service and welfare of members of the civil service.
The statement follows a consultative meeting of the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) held on Thursday. Said Wutawunashe:
<blockquote>The workers presented a set of matters for discussion and Government recognises these and commits itself to consultations on an ongoing basis to address them. The National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) forum has assisted in creating industrial harmony in the civil service and Government places great importance on this process. Accordingly, the Government will, shortly, send letters of invitation to the worker representatives to this special meeting as a matter of urgency. Aware of the challenges that workers are facing as a result of a number of price distortions arising from the bordering on criminal activities, Government has set in motion a process to convene a special meeting with the worker representatives.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/govt-civil-servants-to-meet/">Herald</a>

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