Secondary School Teachers Union of Zambia(SESTUZ) in Southern province has warned that it would take action next year if government did not consider paying teachers the fixed band housing allowances it owes them.
Speaking in an interview yesterday, SESTUZ provincial chairman Collins Malambo says his union was prepared to re-act if government did not honor payment of the fixed band housing allowances which have taken too long to be cleared.
Mr.Malambo said that the year 2009 would be a year of action and the union would ensure that government does not take teachers for granted any more.
Mr. Malambo said that the 40 percent allowances that government cleared could not even be appreciated by all beneficiaries because it was paid in bits instead of lump sum.
He said that out of the K 7.4 billion government owed them, only K 1 billion was released which was not enough to carter for all eligible teachers.
He said that government must not deliberately avoid negotiations for salary increaments for civil servants until the national budget is presented.
Mr.Malambo also called on government to consider resonable perecentage of salary increament to civil servants next year because constitutional office holders were getting much higher salaries than civil servants.
He said that if negotiations are overlooked until the budget is presented then it will be as a result of lacking goodwill on its side and this will demotivate the civil servants.
Mr.Malambo added that government must also revisit the decision made over the rural hardship allowances for civil servants who qualify.
He also said that SESTUZ would make sure that they push government hard until they succeed in achieving their demands for members of the union.
He said that if it meant taking unspecified action next year over their demands they would do so.
YeSSSS!!!
Just take to the streets!
Tax payers money, Bwezani is enjoying in Mfuwe shold have gone towards those payments!
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yep here we go again government must take our demands seriously or else……………………………..
Let us be serious with our Teachers please.
Who wants this :o) for new year??
SESTUZ provincial chairman Collins Malambo, dont worry you will be paid. We just cancelled the All Africa Games, so we should have a surplus from there.
Every term you strike. Is it just a bad habit? Resolve your issues with Government during the holiday period and go to teach when the term resumes.You affect our children adversely with your endless house allowance issue!
ASO LIGHT (Thats right)
just go on strike and they will look after you well. dont just :-@please[-(
Mavuto yapakisa, im out of here. take care everyone. see you tomorrow. God bless
Ouch Mr. Malambo and all you other bloggers after your own voting for RB!! U folks will hear and not listen. Akuchuleni guys with no cash in your pockets. Imwe mwalemona kwati fyalapela mukufwenya …just hold!! :((
pinkly washaina lelo ka?
teachers have themselves to blame. teachers’ unions campaigned hard for nyamaz and today they are crying foul, fyenu ifyo guys.
First order of business in Lusaka after you voted them in was their Salary raise.The normal order of business if these people are leaders would have been the interest of the nation( People) Zambians this is what you wanted so Mr.Malambo cool it.You will be dead and gone no money is coming you way.
How long shall we go on like this!!!!!!!!
The developed countries overcame most of
these type of problems more than 2000 years
ago. Lets learn from them and not just try
to reinvent the wheel.
Stop being selfish you so called our leaders.
“Secondary School Teachers Union of Zambia(SESTUZ) in Southern province has warned that it would take action next year if government did not consider paying teachers the fixed band housing allowances it owes them.”
We need action Southern Province for you have demonstrated in the past that your only vote for sensible leaders to possibly form GRZ. Let the action come as soon as possible if your concerns are not met with their due respect.
Due to concerns by Geologist, Canada, and Dobo Banton(9th).LLB, I will be using the username G~la_fj in place of Maestro Hhehhehhehhe for some time.
I also wish to send you all my happy prosperous New Year 2009 to you all old and would-be new LT bloggers.
Having written that, I would like to announce, formally, that I will be very very rare on LT in the year 2009. This is because I am re-mounting operation ‘become Chess Grand Master’ and also I will be working for personal development following the advice from UPND spokesman Zambezi MP Charles Kakoma. I may not be available later in the day to do this since I have been invited somewhere to celebrate New 2009.
Be blessed y’all.
#20 continued.
I will definately miss you all and continue doing a noble cause for Zambia. Someday we will just make it as a Nation that will have moved from low stature to one that will be riding on high, higher, heights.
By God’s grace, I hope to make it into the New Year 2009. I will be praying for you all and our country at large.
Please, remember who you are always and take care of yourselves.
With heart-felt love,
Mugungulu H. Mwaanga as Maestro Hhehhehhehhe.
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Vote for strong union leaders and not charaters who when shown a ka ten million zmk, they freeze. Vote wisely …the govt doesnt listen easily, they need people who jumps on their backs to force them release funding….watchout in 2009 otherwise you continue walloping in this poverty