MBABANE:Life is is literally struggle for qualified contract teachers here in the Kingdom of eSwatini,they were employed in October 2023 but three(3) months, they haven’t received their salaries.
Eswatini is ruled by Mswati as an absolute Monarch, the country is struggling with the high poverty and unemployment rate and is among the most unequal countries in the Southern Africa.
A questionnaire was sent to Owen Nxumalo,the Minister of Education and Training, however,he had not responded at the time of compiling this report.
Reached for comments on Saturday morning,Lot Vilakati, the Secretary General (SG) of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers(SNAT) confirmed to this Swaziland News that, contract teachers who were employed in October 2023 have not received their salaries in three(3) months, Government promised to pay everyone by Monday.
“Contract teachers were employed in October not December, all contract teachers were invited into a meeting where everything was addressed. Otherwise government promised to pay everyone by Monday," said the SNAT SG.
On another note,the eSwatini Government has been postponed when asked about the delayed salaries, in a previously report published this Swaziland News, the Government had promised to pay before Christmas.
SNAT Secretary General Lot Vilakati.