Zimbabwe government has begun restructuring the civil service on a large scale, with several ministries directed to shed thousands of posts...
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Zimbabwe government has begun restructuring the civil service on a large scale, with several ministries directed to shed thousands of posts immediately.
A manpower survey is also underway to determine the skill sets of civil servants earmarked for re-deployment, while a foreign service headcount has started.
Once this is complete, Zimbabwe’s civil service will be structured along the lines of Malaysia’s which is renowned for efficiency and innovation.
A Government team that included Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda has been to the Asian country to study its systems.
Once this is complete, Zimbabwe’s civil service will be structured along the lines of Malaysia’s which is renowned for efficiency and innovation.
A Government team that included Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda has been to the Asian country to study its systems.
A 2015 probe unearthed thousands of redundant employees who were milking Zimbabwe’s Treasury of millions of dollars monthly.
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| Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa |
The restructuring will shed 25 000 posts, with salaries and allowances of seniors officials such as Cabinet ministers being cut to bring the salary-revenue ratio to 30:70. The latest figures show that 97 percent of Government revenue is going to salaries.
In an interview with The Sunday Mail, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira said authorities would fully implement the 2015 Civil Service Audit Report recommendatins on redeployments and abolishing certain posts.
Minister Mupfumira said she and Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa were leading a Cabinet Committee superintending implementation of those recommendations.
“We are going ahead with implementing all the recommendations in the report. Obviously, when we are implementing, some ministries will raise complaints. Therefore, if this happens, that particular ministry should approach our committee, which will, in turn, assess their appeal.
“For now, however, we are implementing. The Civil Service Commission is not going to entertain requests that have not gone through our committee. They are going ahead as per the report. We have had one such request from the Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Ministry...
“The programme requires plenty of extension workers; that is why we have asked the Agriculture Ministry to sit down with the Civil Service Commission and review the structure so that the programme succeeds.
Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Mr Raymond Majongwe said, “Our Government must learn to consult so as to avoid unnecessary confrontation. How can they throw 25 000 people onto the street overnight?”
Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association secretary-general Mr John Mlilo said his constituency supported staff rationalisation. “Ghost workers are known and those must be removed; not the ordinary workers. Again, our problem is our Government did not consult us, though we are a key stakeholder,” he said.
Human resources and labour expert Mr Memory Nguwi said Government should outline the retrenchment criteria.
“There is nothing new with the retrenchments, but it has created a lot of anxiety because it’s the first time it is happening in the sector. Government was supposed to consult stakeholders before retrenching.” - The Sunday Mail
In an interview with The Sunday Mail, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira said authorities would fully implement the 2015 Civil Service Audit Report recommendatins on redeployments and abolishing certain posts.
Minister Mupfumira said she and Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa were leading a Cabinet Committee superintending implementation of those recommendations.
“We are going ahead with implementing all the recommendations in the report. Obviously, when we are implementing, some ministries will raise complaints. Therefore, if this happens, that particular ministry should approach our committee, which will, in turn, assess their appeal.
“For now, however, we are implementing. The Civil Service Commission is not going to entertain requests that have not gone through our committee. They are going ahead as per the report. We have had one such request from the Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Ministry...
“The programme requires plenty of extension workers; that is why we have asked the Agriculture Ministry to sit down with the Civil Service Commission and review the structure so that the programme succeeds.
Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Mr Raymond Majongwe said, “Our Government must learn to consult so as to avoid unnecessary confrontation. How can they throw 25 000 people onto the street overnight?”
Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association secretary-general Mr John Mlilo said his constituency supported staff rationalisation. “Ghost workers are known and those must be removed; not the ordinary workers. Again, our problem is our Government did not consult us, though we are a key stakeholder,” he said.
Human resources and labour expert Mr Memory Nguwi said Government should outline the retrenchment criteria.
“There is nothing new with the retrenchments, but it has created a lot of anxiety because it’s the first time it is happening in the sector. Government was supposed to consult stakeholders before retrenching.” - The Sunday Mail
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