Eswatini Labour Insight

  Written by Fundizwi Sikhondze The current Eswatini Government has in the past four years employed several tricks that invariably aimed to delay the review of salaries and grading for the over 40 000 central administration public service workers.  The contestation is believed to have emanated from a desire to clamp down on a wage bill increase. However in 2024 finally concrete progress was finally recorded as a consultant was selected and appointed to carry out the study for implementation in 2025/26 financial year. However a year later and at the time that the study report should be delivered and implemented it seems that the contestation continues as new barriers are being put in place to either water down or weaken the outcomes of the salary review and job grading study. The barriers include Global Financial Institutions in the form of the World Bank Group who recently released a report basically calling for the reduction of public service workers’ salaries even ami...

                                                        Comrade Ncamisile Dlamini ,TUCOSWA  Women Committee's 1st Deputy Chairperson and ATUSWA Treasurer General  In celebration of International Women's Day 2025 and women leaders of the trade union movement the Eswatini Labour Insight (ELI) brings you  an interview with one of the top women leaders in the country Comrade Ncamsile Dlamini.  Comrade Ncamsile currently serves  as the Treasurer General of the biggest trade union in the manufacturing sector , the Amalgamated Trade Union of Swaziland (ATUSWA). She also simultaneously serves as the 1st Deputy Chairperson of the TUCOSWA Women's Committee. The textile sector where comrade Ncami works in completely dominated by women labour however even as many victories have been recorded in the past comrade Ncamsile will relate some...