{"id":96353,"date":"2024-07-10T08:06:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T06:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nssa-petitioned-over-meagre-payouts"},"modified":"2024-07-10T10:33:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T08:33:26","slug":"nssa-petitioned-over-meagre-payouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nssa-petitioned-over-meagre-payouts","title":{"rendered":"Nssa petitioned over meagre payouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) says it is struggling to provide sufficient pension cover to beneficiaries to alleviate their plight.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, pensioners told Parliament that they were wallowing in abject poverty, citing measly payouts from Nssa despite years of contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Nssa Pensioners Advocacy representative Denford Mangwiro said pensioners had no money for healthcare, basics including for transport to visit banks every month to withdraw US$50 they receive from Nssa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPensioners are starving and their legal dependants are failing to access reasonable health services and their dependants are being chased away from school and failing to pay school fees which is contrary to section 75 of the Constitution on the right to education and section 76, the right to health care,\u201d Mangwiro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPensioners have been denied their right to decent accommodation too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, Nssa acting general manager Charles Shava told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Affairs that the pensions body had not been spared by the harsh economic climate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the challenges raised, Nssa has not been spared by the downturn and upturn of the economy,\u201d Shava said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are trying to address these and make sure the pensioners get the benefit of their contributions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNssa contributions are very small compared to other deductions on one\u2019s payslip. You can only get a Nssa pension if you already have an occupational pension, which goes for 20%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Zimbabwe\u2019s food basket ever increasing, pensioners and their dependants are some of the country\u2019s poorest.<\/p>\n<p>An equally unpredictable economic climate, rampant inflation, including pricing of goods in United States dollars and profiteering have all contributed to making their survival difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur pensioners are demanding immediate pension relief. For the past two years, we have been revising our payouts from January 2022 to about September 2023 every month taking into account the inflation that was going on,\u201d Shava said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe only review our payouts upwards once we feel we have enough resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Public Service secretary Simon Masanga said: \u201cAt one point, Nssa used to pay a minimum pension of up to US$100 and we saw that figure falling to around US$30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are now growing back from between US$30 and US$40 a month to the current figure of around US$50 a month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) says it is struggling to provide sufficient pension cover to beneficiaries to alleviate their plight. On Monday, pensioners told Parliament that they were wallowing in abject poverty, citing measly payouts from Nssa despite years of contributions. 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