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The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) Pensioners Advocacy group has demanded an urgent upward review of the monthly payouts received by NSSA pensioners, reported <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/we-are-starving-nssa-pensioners-petition-parliament-over-measly-pay-outs/">NewZimbabwe.com</a>.
Addressing the Public Service Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Monday NSSA Pensioners Advocacy representative, Denford Mangwiro, revealed the dire situation facing NSSA pensioners, who are struggling to make ends meet with the meagre monthly stipend.
He said the current US$50 payout is simply not adequate to meet the rising costs of living and provide for the essential needs of pensioners. Said Mangwiro:
<blockquote>
We have no money to go to the hospital, no money to buy food, no money even to get transport to the bank to get the little that is available at the end or beginning of the month.
What we are faced with is in a sense, a national disaster because at the end of the day, while we are suffering like this, we have the youth, we have people who are working, that will have the same challenge when they go on pension unless something changes and change drastically.
</blockquote>
Mangwiro said pensioners’ rights are being violated, adding that NSSA management was abusing the pension fund. He said:
<blockquote>
Pensioners are starving, their legal dependents are failing to access reasonable health services and their dependents are being chased away from school and failing to pay school fees which is contrary to Section 75 of the Constitution- the right to Education and Section 76, the Right to health care. Pensioners have been denied their right to decent accommodation too.
</blockquote>
In response to the demands made by the NSSA Pensioners Advocacy group, the Public Service Secretary, Simon Masanga, acknowledged that NSSA pensioners are facing significant financial challenges, but he argued that NSSA is not solely responsible for their predicament.
He stated that NSSA has been the only government entity that has been able to continue providing support and coverage to retirees, as most other social security schemes have collapsed. He told the Parliamentary committee:
<blockquote>
There have been many occupational pension funds and some have folded and at some parastatal where l used to be a board member, the pension fund is now nowhere to be seen.
I am happy that NSSA continues to swim and we continue fighting for the situation to improve the pension payout.
</blockquote>
In further defence of NSSA’s pension payout levels, the authority’s Acting General Manager, Charles Shava, provided additional context to the parliamentary committee.
Shava acknowledged that NSSA had previously paid a minimum pension of up to US$100 per month to its beneficiaries.
However, this figure had subsequently fallen to around US$30 per month, before being increased to the current US$50 per month payout. Said Shava:
<blockquote>
Our 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. We only review our payouts upwards once we feel we have enough resources.
</blockquote>
Shava also explained to the Parliamentary committee how the NSSA pension scheme works. He said:
<blockquote>
When the NSSA pension scheme was designed, it was done in such a way it would coexist with other pension schemes. It is not the ultimate pension.
NSSA contributions are very small compared to other deductions on one’s pay slip. You can only get an NSSA pension if you already have an occupational pension which goes for 20 percent.
We only deduct 9% as NSSA, 4,5% from the employer and the other half from the employee on the cap which is currently US$700.
It is called a Partially Funded Pay As You Go Scheme; meaning we pay benefits from the amount we collect every month.
We also pay our pensioners from investments’ income, meaning we can increase our payouts if we have a surplus.
</blockquote>
Addressing the allegations of abuse and mismanagement of pension funds by NSSA’s management, Shava said the authority takes such claims very seriously.
He told the parliamentary committee that some individuals have been prosecuted, and in certain cases, they have been sentenced to serve jail time for their involvement in corrupt practices.
Shava stated that the authority maintains a “no-nonsense approach” when it comes to such allegations.
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NSSA Pensioners Petition Parliament Over Inadequate Payouts

Pensioners in Zimbabwe have said they often get US$20 from the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/National_Social_Security_Authority/">National Social Security Authority (NSSA)</a> which is not enough to cover their monthly expenses. They also received bonuses of ZW$92,000 in November last year. However, due to Zimbabwe’s high inflation, the value of the local currency is significantly lower in comparison to the US dollar. On the black market, ZW$92,000 translates to only US$9.20, and when using the government-regulated inter-bank rate, it amounts to US$15, making the total payment approximately US$35.
The NSSA follows a pattern of alternating payments between the local currency and US dollars each month. For November, pensioners received an upward payment in US dollars, but many pensioners expressed dissatisfaction with the amount, considering the country’s high inflation rate. An anonymous pensioner spoke to <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/we-usually-get-us20-say-pensioners-on-nssas-us29-bonus-payments-for-christmas-new-year/">NewZimbabwe.com</a>:
<blockquote>
We usually get US$20 per month or ZW$92,000. NSSA alternates payments in US dollars and the local currency.
We got our yearly bonuses from NSSA last December comprising of US$20 and ZW$92,000 to make it just about US$29 on the black market.
No one can go through a month on that amount, no matter how much you try to save. There is little we can do about it.
This money is only meant for me to buy my electricity (voucher), a bit of food and hope for the best.
</blockquote>
Pensioners face significant challenges as the cost of living in Zimbabwe continues to rise. With the country’s food basket reaching US$250 by August of last year, pensioners and their dependents are among the poorest in the country. The unpredictable economic climate, rampant inflation, and profiteering by businesses have made it difficult for them to survive. The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has highlighted that shops deliberately increase prices, further reducing the purchasing power of pensioners’ already meagre income.
Zimbabwe is known for having some of the lowest-paid professionals globally, with average monthly salaries not exceeding US$500. The country has been grappling with a severe economic crisis for over two decades, leaving its government struggling to address the challenges faced by its citizens.
The purpose of a pension is to provide financial security during retirement by offering a steady income stream to replace earnings from work. Pensions ensure long-term financial planning, stability, and social security. They encourage individuals to save and invest for retirement, helping them maintain their standard of living and meet financial obligations. Pensions are often provided as an employment benefit, attracting and retaining employees while promoting loyalty and job satisfaction. But that’s not the case in Zimbabwe at the moment.
Employees contribute 9% (their 4.5% of their salaries plus 4.5% paid by the employer) towards pension. That means, an employee earning ZWL$170,000.00 will contribute (4.5%) = 0.045X $159,530.00 = $ 7,178.85. The employer contributes (4.5%) = 0.045 X $159,530.00 = $ 7,178.85. Total due (9%) =ZWL$14,357.70
If an employee earns US$500 (which was the average salary before October 2018), their monthly pension contributions would be US$22.50 from both the employee and the employer, totalling US$45.00. Therefore, if pensioners are receiving only about US$20 per month, it means they are getting less than half of the amount they used to contribute when they were working. 
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We Usually Get US$20 Per Month Or ZW$92,000 - Pensioners

The Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel) has announced that it is working to help its former employees receive their pension pay-outs, but that the responsibility now lies with the government. This follows the investment of US$1.3 billion over three years by Kuvimba Mining House (KMH), which is working to revive the mothballed Redcliff-based steelworks. KMH, which has extensive mining interests in gold, nickel, chrome, and platinum and is backed by both private and state shareholding, has been revitalizing closed gold mines and won the tender to revive Ziscosteel ahead of six other bidders.
Ziscosteel’s former employees were left empty-handed over a decade ago when the giant steelworks collapsed in 2008. In an interview with NewZimbabwe.com, Ziscosteel CEO Farai Karonga stated that the issue of pay-outs is “basically not a ZISCO issue anymore.” He explained that the pensions were wiped out after being wholly converted to local currency through the government’s Exchange Control Directive RT120/2018. Karonga said that while Ziscosteel will assist the former employees as part of its corporate social responsibility, the issue is now a dispute and the former employees are going to parliament to correct it. He said:
<blockquote>
Basically, because the Debt Assumption Act took over their debt, it’s basically a Ministry of Finance issue but we participate as a pension fund trusteeship.
We are there to assist them. The only hiccup that has happened is that initially their pensions were paid in USD and then there was a time the Exchange Control Directive came in and it wiped their pensions.
It’s now a dispute because they are not in agreement with that. They don’t want a valuation of their pensions.
We are helping them to make representations to parliament but it’s basically not a Ziscosteel issue anymore. But from a social responsibility perspective, we are part of the model to get them a fair deal.
</blockquote>
Ziscosteel was the largest steelworks in Zimbabwe, employing about 5,500 people in the 1990s. Since then, the company has struggled to find a meaningful investor partly due to negative perceptions affecting the local economy, until last year when KMH expressed interest in the concern.
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Ziscosteel Says It Is Assisting Former Employees Get Pension A Decade Later

Award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono says Zimbabweans are dying prematurely because the majority do not have pensions benefits.
Chin’ono said that millions of Zimbabweans that do menial jobs in South Africa and in other countries, as well as millions of others at home, do not have pensions.
He argued that as a result, in old age, most people will not have access to healthcare, especially those who do not have kids to look after them, thus leading to premature death.
Chin’ono says Zimbabwe’s dysfunctional economy and high rate of employment mean that millions will never be formally employed in their lives and won’t have pensions in old age. <a href="https://twitter.com/daddyhope/status/1679047238775914496?s=20">He said</a>:
<blockquote>
Most people in Zimbabwe are dying miserable deaths because if they have no kids to look after them, they won’t be able to afford the most basic thing they need the most in old age, HEALTH CARE.
I have observed that many Zimbabweans pay towards their funeral plan instead of their pensions.
This has been caused by a dead economy and a pension system that is not worth the paper it is written on.
Politicians running for office should talk more about these issues because they affect everyone, young and old.
The millions of Zimbabweans that do menial jobs in South Africa and beyond don’t have pensions.
You can’t have a country without a pension system, but that is what Zimbabwe has become.
That is why I always ask our politicians to engage in the substantive issues that affect us the people who will vote.
PENSIONS are one of the key issues that must be talked about at every rally or in every interview.
Zimbabweans are being sent early to their graves because they don’t have pensions.
Do you have a pension? If you don’t, why not? The politicians running for office should address that fundamental issue that is actually a human right for anyone who has ever worked!
Without a pension, you will have a miserable and painful end unless your kids look after you.
The tragedy is that my generation will have kids that have never worked their whole life. It is a double tragedy!!!
</blockquote>
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Zimbabweans Dying Miserably, Prematurely Because They Have No Pensions, Says Chin'ono

The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has pledged to pay pensioners part of their monthly pension in US dollars to cushion them against runaway inflation.
NSSA said pensioners will receive the money through mobile money services or their banks. It said:
<blockquote>
NSSA beneficiaries will receive a portion of their monthly pension in US dollars for June. ​​​
Beneficiaries with Econet lines will have the choice of receiving the US dollar component through Ecocash or their usual bank accounts.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe’s unending economic crisis has thrown pensioners deeper into poverty as their meagre monthly payouts in Zimbabwean dollars are gobbled by inflation.
The majority of pensioners cannot afford to buy food and medication due to soaring prices and rising inflation.
Pensioner Veronica Gundano (74), told <a href="https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2023-05-25-zimbabwean-pensioners-to-receive-part-of-monthly-pension-in-us-dollars-to-cushion-against-inflation/">TimesLIVE </a>that pensioners are struggling to make ends meet. She said:
<blockquote>
The cost of everything has gone up. l can’t even buy groceries or my medication with my monthly pension of ZWL$40,000 [R2,137]. Pensioners are living [in] poverty and we are struggling.
Receiving a portion of my monthly pension in US dollars will be helpful, but the government still needs to do much more to lift pensioners out of poverty.
</blockquote>
Economist Victor Bhoroma welcomed the move by NSSA to pay pensioners part of their monthly pension in US dollars. He said:
<blockquote>
NSSA has been receiving contributions from its members in foreign currency for some time. Close to 160 000 pensioners are on the NSSA payroll.
The majority of these are wallowing in extreme poverty due to high levels of inflation in the local currency.
As such, the move will help alleviate poverty, cover the gap left void by disintegrated social safety nets and improve buying power for pensioners.
</blockquote>
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NSSA To Pay Part Of Monthly Pensions In US Dollars

Retired National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) workers are reportedly receiving a monthly pension payout equivalent to around US$3 per month.
One pensioner who spoke to <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/nrz-pensioners-earning-us3-monthly-pay-outs/">NewZimbabwe.com</a> on Wednesday on condition of anonymity claimed the National Railways of Zimbabwe Contributory Pension Fund (NRZCPF) is paying out ZWL$3 000 per month. Said the pensioner:
<blockquote>
Early this year the pension payouts were increased from around ZWL$2 000 to ZWL$3 000 which is not even enough to purchase more than US$3.
The worst part is that one needs ZWL$1 000 to travel to the bank if you are based in urban centres and even much more for those residing in rural areas.
This added to high bank charges makes it senseless to even think of withdrawing the money.
What boggles the mind is that employees working for these pension funds are sitting pretty, enjoying hefty packages from our sweat.
</blockquote>
The pensioner said NRZCPF took advantage of Statutory Instrument 33 of 2016 which introduced the Zimbabwe dollar as the sole currency. He said:
<blockquote>
So since then, a pensioner who was earning US$400 was automatically paid ZWL$400 and despite the changes which took place thereafter we did not factor in.
</blockquote>
Contacted for comment on the matter, NRZCPF board chairperson, Takunda Madanha said:
<blockquote>
I will not comment on the figures being paid out, but we know that the payouts are too little for now.
Pensioners also need to appreciate that we are basing the payouts on a defined pension contribution scheme under which what is paid for is a result of what one invested.
There are three factors that contribute to this; your last pensionable salary, the duration of your service and the savings you made.
</blockquote>
He said pensioners should understand that contributions made in the GNU era were much higher which explains the differences in current payouts. He added:
<blockquote>
We are however trying to improve the situation by collecting rentals from our properties but again we are dogged by rising void spaces and low rentals which have high defaults.
</blockquote>
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NRZ Pensioners Earning US$3 Monthly Payouts | Report

The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) says it will award pensioners part of their bonuses in United States dollars this December.
It added that the difference for all pensioners will be paid in Zimbabwe dollars.
In a statement, NSSA said it is in the process of opening Nostro Accounts for its pensioners. It said:
<blockquote>
Good news all NSSA pensioners! You will be paid 13th cheque bonuses this December. We are in the process of opening Nostro Accounts with your respective banks and you can begin to access your money by the 16th of December.
</blockquote>
NSSA said retirement pensioners will be paid US$30, other pensioners will get US$20 and those receiving shared pensions will share the bonuses equally.
It also said pensioners under the Accident Prevention and Worker’s Compensation scheme (APWCS) will be paid up to a maximum of US$35, subject to one’s entitlement. | <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/nssa-awards-part-us-dollar-pension-bonuses/">Chronicle</a>

NSSA Pledges To Award Part USD Pension Bonuses

Workers’ representatives have raised concern over the low pension pay-outs by the Government, with some retirees getting just ZWL$14 000 after decades of service.
In a letter that has been circulating on social media platforms, a pensioner who had worked for 21 years was set to receive $14 025 after years of service.
This translates to just US$48 using the official exchange rate.
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe said the pension payout is shameful.
Former Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa called for the dollarisation of the economy to preserve people’s pensions. He said:
<blockquote>
Zimbabwe is a failed state; people should understand it from this perspective. It is a state that is failing on all levels.
It is failing to manage the economy and the country has been struggling with high inflation.
The local currency has lost value. The government is even failing to provide public service, so when you are under a failed state; there is nothing that you can do to address one factor because pensions are a fraction of the salary contributions that one has made over a number of years.
Government is not accepting reality on the ground that they have failed. They should just dollarise and make sure that everyone gets paid in a currency that is meaningful, which is the US dollar to preserve people’s pensions.
</blockquote>
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Discontent Over "Meagre" Govt Pension Payouts

The<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Civil_Service_Commission" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Public Service Commission (PSC)</a> has refused to pay former Vice President, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Phelekezela_Mphoko" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Phelekezela Mphoko’s</a> pension in foreign currency.
The PSC also revealed that Mphoko will only get his pension – in Zimbabwe dollars – and no other benefits.
In a letter addressed to Mphoko’s lawyer, Zibusiso Ncube of Ncube and Partners, the government through the Civil Division in the Attorney-General’s Office, said:
<blockquote>We take note of your application filed on 4 October 2019 and served on the Public Service Commission on 8 October 2019 then subsequently briefed out to us thereafter.
However, our client’s attitude on the matter is that they will pay your client pension only as provided for in the constitution, and no other benefits.
Furthermore, the payment will be effected in Zimbabwe dollars in accordance with the country’s prevailing laws.</blockquote>
Mphoko was Zimbabwe’s Vice President in November 2017 when the late former President Robert Mugabe resigned under pressure from various stakeholders.
The former VP had approached the Bulawayo <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/High_Court_of_Zimbabwe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">High Court</a>, seeking an order directing the government, through the PSC, to award him US$308 000 or the equivalent in local currency at the prevailing interbank rate in benefits and monthly pension payouts.
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Former VP Mphoko To Receive Pension In Zimbabwe Dollars

Former Vice President, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Phelekezela_Mphoko" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Phelekezela Mphoko</a>, has approached the Bulawayo <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/High_Court_of_Zimbabwe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">High Court</a> seeking an order to compel the government to pay him his pension.
Mphoko filed the application through his lawyer, Zibusiso Ncube on Wednesday and he is claiming US$308 000 or the equivalent at the prevailing interbank rate. In his submissions, Mphoko said:
<blockquote>The current Vice-President receives a monthly salary of approximately US$14 000 or the equivalent at the previous interbank rate.
This, therefore, means that to date, the arrears are in the sum of US$308 000 or the equivalent at the prevailing interbank rate.</blockquote>
Mphoko lost his job in November 2017 following the military coup that deposed the then President, the late <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Robert_Mugabe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Mugabe.</a>
He is currently out on bail on abuse of office charges going back to the time when he was Vice President.
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Former VP Mphoko Demands US$308 000 Pension

Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko is set to get his terminal benefits after engagements with the pension departments have progressed well.
This was revealed by Mphoko’s lawyer Welshman Ncube, in an interview with the Daily News on Tuesday. Said Ncube:
<blockquote>It’s almost resolved, he (Mphoko) was to engage with relevant departments so that they could see the most expeditious way of resolving the issue.
In my last conversation with him, he was so happy with the progress they were making in resolving the issue. I hope it would be settled to finality in that direct dialogue between him and the relevant pension departments.</blockquote>
Mphoko was appointed Vice President in 2014 by the then President Robert Mugabe.
He lost his post in November 2017 when Mugabe was ousted through a military coup.
According to the Daily News, Mphoko, who was a diplomat before he was appointed Vice President, is demanding that government pay him a salary equivalent to a sitting Vice President for life, get access to State security, an office, a government vehicle, telephone, secretary and domestic workers in line with the national charter.
It has been suggested that a sticking point in Mphoko getting his pension has been Statutory Instrument 86 of 2015 which states that a Vice President who served at least one term in office can enjoy exit packages such as a security officer, two drivers, and domestic workers.
Meanwhile, Mphoko did not serve a full term. He was in office between 2014 and 2017.
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Former VP Phelekezela Mphoko To Receive His Pension - Report

The Minister of Public Service and Social Welfare, Sekai Nzenza revealed that the government is set to raise the payouts given to pensioners as the current $80.00 per month has become inadequate.
Nzenza said this in the National Assembly in response to a question raised by Mkoba MP, Amos Chibaya (MDC Alliance). said Nzenza:
<blockquote>… I promised that there was going to be a review of pensions and I will discuss with my colleague the Minister of Finance looking at ways of increasing the pensions for the pensioners.
At the moment, I do agree that prices are on the increase and I know it is tough for the pensioners. What I can inform you is that we are still reviewing and we are holding talks with the minister of Finance on the issue of pensioners.</blockquote>
Nzenza whoever, could not disclose when the review will be effected. She said she will have to consult the relevant ministries and announce the new position in due course.
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Pensioners' Payouts To Be Increased - Minister Nzenza

<blockquote>How are you Pensioners? For how long are you going to be silent yet you worked for so many years contributing a percentage of your salaries/wages to ensure social security after going on pension.
You have been ignored and sidelined from economic activities. You are failing to make ends meet and most of you are now living in near destitution.
You are not forgotten, the Pensioners Voice ZW is a pressure group to push for pensioners rights and ensure that social protection and social security of pensioners is prioritized.
Pension funds and NSSA invested your contributions over the years and its grossly inhumane for NSSA to pay $RTGS30 -$RTGS80 to pensioners per month.
PTC pensioners haven’t received their pensions to date over two decades later, NRZ pensioners are struggling everyday, some pensioners who were working in the private sector they names do not appear at NSSA because their names do not appear at NSSA. Enough is enough. There is nothing for pensioners without pensioners.
Its time to restore the dignity of senior citizens in Zimbabwe.</blockquote>

FULL TEXT: Pensioners Demand Restoration Of Their Dignity

Former president Robert Mugabe has complained about his pension and terminal benefits saying that he was given only $467 000 after all his time in service. Mugabe disputed the $10 million figure and said that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration had refused to give him money for two houses, which he claimed he is entitled to. Said Mugabe,
<blockquote>If you are put in a place, a high place where you are the President of a country there are rules that must guide you. You don’t get the rules from those who are ambitious and will come sit next to you and say so and so is not good, so and so is a hypocrite. You must obey the rules.
I say so because after I had resigned, I had to go to the pension office, to those who manage it, to say what am I entitled to? They said it’s $467,000, the total amount. But people talk about $10 million. They said you are entitled to two houses, one in Zimbabwe and one elsewhere at a resort. Those in power just went mum, they just refused to give me money for the two houses.
This one in which we are, we built slowly with a Yugoslav company. We told them we don’t have money to pay you fully but we would each month pay your workers and that’s what we are able to do. So, slowly year by year we managed to construct it, and that’s how we finished it. We wanted it to be Chinese-style because China helped us a lot during our struggle.
The Yugoslavs used normally trusses, not the Chinese way. The roof is beginning to sag, they say in two years’ time take care, you must get out. So we said we need the money, give us money to move out, but they are mum, they won’t tell you outright. Here and there I must say they have helped us charter flights to Singapore where doctors check us regularly, we thank them for that.</blockquote>
Mugabe was reported to have received a US$10 million package so that he could retire after the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) took power in November 2017.
More:<a href="https://www.zimlive.com/2018/07/zimbabwe-live-breaking-news-as-it-happens-includes-weather-and-traffic-information-july-29-2018/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> ZimLive</a>

I Only Got US$467 000 Pension, Not US$10 Million Complains Mugabe

Professor Welshman Ncube, the lawyer for former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, has revealed that the government is refusing to award his client his full benefits. The government is arguing that Mphoko did not serve a full term as vice president.
Said Ncube,
<blockquote>We have been communicating back and forth, the communication we have so far with the Ministry of Justice through the advice of the Attorney-General is that they appear to be conceding that he (Mphoko) is entitled to his pension but continue to dispute his entitlement to other benefits like security, office and others.</blockquote>
However, Constitutional lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku has argued that Mphoko is entitled to his full package. Said Madhuku,
<blockquote>He is entitled to his full benefits in terms of the law. It doesn’t matter how long he served. Even a person who has be a vice president for two hours qualifies for full benefits. The constitutional provision states that a president and a vice president, upon leaving office, are entitled to the same salary as the serving president or vice president for the remainder of their life.</blockquote>
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/02/23/mugabe-tells-au-not-safe-says-family-harassed-claims-denied-benefits/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Former president Robert Mugabe has also complained that he is being denied his terminal benefits.</a>
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2018/04/11/southern-news-ed-mphoko-fight-over-pension" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Daily News</a>

Mphoko Does Not Deserve Full Benefits: Govt

People who were interviewed by The Chronicle condemned former President Robert Mugabe for demanding his pension in cash.
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/03/11/mugabe-demanding-to-be-paid-pension-in-cash-as-always-received-his-salary-of-20-000-month-in-cash/">Mugabe is alleged to be demanding to be paid his benefits, a lump sum of $467 200 and a monthly pension of $13 000 in cash</a>. According to State media, Mugabe used to receive his monthly salary of $20 000 per month in cash despite the cash shortages in Zimbabwe. A Bulawayo lawyer, Mr Dumisani Dube, questioned why Mugabe wanted a huge amount in cash when the rest of Zimbabweans were queuing for their salaries. Said Dube:
<blockquote>Mr Mugabe’s demands are against anti-money laundering laws which were put in place to curb terrorism among other criminal activities. Anti-money laundering specifically refers to all policies and pieces of legislation that force financial institutions to proactively monitor their clients in order to prevent money laundering and corruption. So why does Mr Mugabe, a private citizen, want such a huge amount in cash when the generality of people are struggling to access even $100 per week? In South Africa you cannot even withdraw $100 000 without first complying with the South African Reserve Bank regulations on money laundering and terror. In light of that, we can only speculate that Mr Mugabe wants to use the money for illicit activities.</blockquote>
A pensioner, Mr Daniel Mthanga (72) from Nkayi said Mugabe’s demands were unfair. Said Mthanga:
<blockquote>I retired from a security company in 2014. It is not fair for Mr Mugabe to demand such a huge amount in cash yet people like us have to sleep in the cold to collect small amounts. The same amount is eroded by transport costs and food. Mr Mugabe is being insincere and inconsiderate looking at the cash challenges that we are facing in the country.</blockquote>
More: <a href="http://www.chronicle.co.zw/mugabe-demands-spark-outrage/">Chronicle</a>

Mugabe Criticised For Demanding His Pension In Cash

Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association, (ZNLWVA) secretary-general Victor Matemadanda has said that former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko does not deserve to get a pension from Presiden Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration because he ran away and neither resigned or was fired.
Said Matemadanda:
<blockquote>He is just seeking public relevance. What we know is that at the time Operation Restore Legacy was initiated, he was in Japan on government business and he chose not to come back to the country and instead went AWOL. He was not fired from government and when President Robert Mugabe resigned he was supposed to be acting President, but he deserted. He can’t talk of a pension because he was not fired neither did he tender a resignation letter. By the time President Mnangagwa was appointed and inaugurated, Mphoko had deserted, he never bothered to come back and submit himself to government.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2018/01/mphoko-does-not-deserve-package-war-vets/">NewsDay</a>

"Mphoko Does Not Deserve Any Pension From Mnangagwa": War Veterans

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Constitutional lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku has dispelled speculation that  Mphoko will not be given his exit package since he did not serve a full term. Madhuku told The Herald that Mphoko will likely be offered an exit package as provided by Section 102 of the Constitution which states that a person who has ceased to be a President or Vice President is entitled to a pension equivalent to a sitting President or Vice President.
Madhuku said the definition of a full term was only relevant to limit a President or Vice President from seeking another term in office. Said Madhuku:
<blockquote>What defines a term is a constitutional instrument. The Constitution does not require any Vice President to have served any term. The Constitution requires a Vice President to have been a Vice President. He is entitled to his full benefits in terms of the law. It doesn’t matter how long he served. Even a person who has be a Vice President for two hours qualifies for full benefits. The constitutional provision states that a President and a Vice President upon leaving office are entitled to the same salary as the serving President or Vice President for the remainder of their life.</blockquote>
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Mphoko Is Entitled To Receive Full Benefits From Mnangagwa

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