UNESWA ACTIVATES ‘NO-WORK,NO-PAY’ RULE

MBABANE - The University of Eswatini (UNESWA) on Thursday communicated its intention not to pay academic and non-academic staff members.

UNESWA Registrar Dr Salebona Simelane on Thursday issued a memorandum addressed to all striking staff members. The memo informed all staff members of the implementation of the no-work, no-pay principle. The memo stated that regarding the then-pending strike action by members of Association of Lecturers, Academic and Administrative Personnel (ALAAP) on March 7, 2023, a resolution was taken at a meeting of the Administrative Management Committee held on April  13,2023.

Decision

The memo states that the meeting had taken a decision to the effect that all staff members who were on strike on April, 2023 should not have their salaries paid for the days not worked. The memo further states that the decision was taken in accordance with Section 87 subsection 3 of the Industrial Relations Act of 2000. The memo follows the legal strike by the University of Eswatini (UNESWA) employees on award performances (notching).
The employees, who are members of ALAAP are currently on a non-stop (waya-waya) strike over notching. The strike began last month whereupon employees from the Kwaluseni, Mbabane and Luyengo campuses downed tools and convened at the Kwaluseni Campus to demonstrate. Employees have been parking their cars outside the Kwaluseni Campus and sitting under trees, while others were doing the vusela exercise around the university premises.

Singing

They were singing and dancing to political songs and lectures were not conducted.“We are grateful to the ALAAP team for accepting and honouring the invitation. The management team will report the outcome of the meeting to the university council in due course,” Simelane said. Meanwhile, ALAAP General Secretary Dr Mduduzi Shongwe also established that they were called to a meeting to broker a way forward pertaining to their issue.
Dr Shongwe said they (management) were willing to talk about the issue and would go and report their demand to the council. Nonetheless, the general secretary maintained that they would continue with the strike until their demand was met.

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