RESIGNED CIVIL SERVANTS’ SUBSCRIPTIONS DEDUCTED, NO 3% COLA

MBABANE – Despite tendering resignation letters from their unions, some civil servants were disappointed to learn that their subscriptions have been deducted and they would not get the three per cent CoLA this month.  

It was reliably gathered that since the salaries for civil servants had already been processed as they were often run from the 12th of every month, there was no addition of the three per cent cost-of-living-adjustment (CoLA) but union subscriptions were deducted.  

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This includes civil servants who tendered resignations from their unions, which are the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT) and National Public Service and Allied Workers Union (NAPSAWU). This publication reported that about 300 unionised civil servants had tendered their resignation from NAPSAWU.  The Chairperson of the Mbabane Branch of NAPSAWU, Johannes Simelane, told this publication that most of the resignation letters came from Cabinet and few from other departments, including the Judiciary. Simelane said the civil servants who had tendered their resignation letters were hoping that if they ceased being union members, they would be paid the three per cent CoLA, come month end.

When sought for comment on the matter yesterday, SNAT Secretary General (SG) Sikelela Dlamini stated that their members, who tendered resignations were asked to get clearance letters from the organisation’s co-operatives to see if they did not owe anything. He said they were also asked to go to SNAT Burial to check if they did not owe anything from there as well.  Dlamini said unfortunately, only one resigned member came back with the clearance.

He said this was a high ranking official whose name will not be mentioned as efforts to reach him were unsuccessful.  He said they took the politician’s clearance to the relevant offices within government in order to stop the monthly subscriptions from the resigned member’s salary. Dlamini said coming to the disappointed workers, they should individually approach government for answers. He said as a union, they had nothing to say because they had resigned from the organisation.  Efforts to get a comment from the Ministry of Public Service to respond to these concerns were unsuccessful. The Minister of Public Service, Mabulala Maseko, referred questions to the PS. 

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