PSU's CALL A MASS MEETING AFTER FRIDAY (3 OCTOBER 2025) JNF MEETING

Pictured above: PSUs members at the entrance of the Ministry of Public services in Mbabane in June 2025. Picture by the ELI

Written by Fundizwi Sikhondze

The Public Services Union leaders have called a mass meeting for all public services union members or civil servants at the SNAT Center in Manzini on Monday 06 October 2025 at 0900 in the morning. The announcement was made by the PSU leaders on Friday 03 October 2025 in their online report back session after a meeting of the Joint Negotiations Forum (JNF) where they met with the negotiating team of the Government of Eswatini.

The PSUs comprise of National Public Service and Allied Workers Union (NAPSAWU), the Swaziland National Government Accounting Personnel (SNAGAP), the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT) and the Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union (SWADNU).

The mass meeting is expected to receive a report from the leaders of the PSU's on what transpired at the JNF on Friday 03 October 2025, thereafter workers will be expected to give the leaders the mandate on what to do in the next JNF. Possible mandates include granting the leaders a mandate to sign an agreement with the government regarding the implementation of the salary review and or negotiating for better terms than what the government is offering.

PSU members outside the Ministry of Public Service in Mbabane. File Picture

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