Africa-Press – Eswatini. The Supreme Court of Eswatini has ordered Government to pay junior police and Correctional Services Officers their salary increment under Phase two(2).
The judgement was delivered by Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala on Friday morning and,the court further ordered Government to lift the suspension of junior police officers who marched to the Prime Minister’s Office to demand their salaries increment.
The judgement means Government will now be expected to pay each junior police and Correctional Services officer who was already employed in 2014 when the Phase two(2) Circular was issued, a back-pay amounting to over one hundred thousand Rands(R100,000.00).
But according to calculations based on the Circular, officers from the rank of Sergeant who were left out, are entitled to over three hundred thousand Rands(R300,000.00) back-pay from Government.
Apart from the back-pay, the junior officers are expected to be awarded a salary increment and their salaries are expected to reach up to fifteen thousand Rands(R15,000.00) per-month while Sergeants will receive up to eighteen thousand Rands(R18,000.00) monthly salaries.
The Circular was released by Government after a re-structuring process that was conducted in stages, Phase one(1) benefitted senior police officers while junior officers were entitled to a salary increment under Phase two(2).
But what happened thereafter, senior police officers awarded themselves the salary increment while the standard of living for the junior security officers was worsening.
The Supreme Court Judges who presided over the matter include Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala, Judge Mbutfo Mamba, Judge Phesheya Dlamini, Judge Sabelo Matsebula, Judge Magriet Van Derwalt and junior security officers were represented by lawyer Thabiso Mavuso from Motsa-Mavuso Attorneys.
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