NAPTOSA noted the Minister of Finance’s no-frills, but short on detail, MTBPS speech, delivered to Parliament on 11 November 2021. We appreciate the acknowledgement (again) that: ESKOM remains a huge hurdle to our economic recovery and that too much effort has been put into fixing the organization,… Read More

The 2021 public service wage agreement made provision for the payment of a monthly non-pensionable cash allowance to all public service employees with effect of 1 April 2021 and the implementation of a once-off pensionable salary adjustment of 1.5%, with effect from 1 July2021, for those employees… Read More

The 2021 municipal elections have come and gone. Voter turnout was disappointingly low, but we trust that NAPTOSA members, being model citizens, utilized the opportunity to exercise their constitutional right to vote. Poor management, corruption, inter- and intra-political party tussles and a… Read More

As far as pensions are concerned, members of NAPTOSA fall into two categories. Those members employed under the Employment of Educators Act, 1998 and the Public Service Act, 1994, who belong to the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) and members employed by Independent Schools, School… Read More

NAPTOSA’s 12th National Council meeting (virtual), attended by 80 delegates, was held on 16 October 2021 under the theme “Taking the lead: Innovating, Inspiring, Challenging”. In his opening address the President, Mr Nkosipendule Ntantala, paid homage to the number of colleagues who succumbed to… Read More