MBABANE:Junior police officers at Mpaka Police Post have threatened to turn the guns against their superiors if what they describe as abuse and harassment within their workplace continues.
Speaking through a recorded audio sent to this Swaziland News, one of the officers alleged that, ever since they started to demand a salary increment, the superiors are abusing them.
“We are forced to work twelve(12) hours and warned against associating ourselves with our Staff Association that fights for our salary increment.It’s difficult and there way we frustrated, we might find ourselves turning the tools we are using against our superiors”, said the junior police officer.
Sunior Superintendent Phindile Vilakati, the Police Spokesperson, declined to comment about the matter.
Government has been refusing to award junior security officers their salary increment for over ten(10) years now and, the junior police and Correctional Services officers are now entitled to a back-pay amounting to over one hundred thousand Rands(R100,000.00) each, while those holding the position of Sergeant are allegedly entitled to over three hundred thousand Rands(R300,000.00).
But apart from paying the back-pay, the Government “is, in terms of the Phase two Circular, obligated” to increase the salaries to at least fifteen thousand Rands(R15,000.00) while those holding the position of Sergeant, will earn over eighteen thousand Rands(R18,000.00) monthly.
But while the security officers were expecting their payment, Government announced that,the court order won’t be implemented or respected but instead, a Consultant will be engaged to review the salaries.
Worth-noting, Government has been citing Consultants for the past ten(10) years and recently, Public Service Minister Mabulala Maseko told Parliament that, Phase two was implemented triggering tension with the junior police officers.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini recently told police officers that, they won’t receive any salary increment under Phase two.
Mpaka Police Post junior police officers allegedly forced to work twelve(12) hours while being harassed, threatens Executive Command on salary increment delay.