BY MBONO MDLULI
MBABANE – Just as it happened last month, civil servants will be paid early again this month.
The public servants will be paid as early as January 15, 2025. However, not all of them will be paid on January 15, but they will be paid according to their normal dates of payment. This is according to a memorandum issued by Accountant General (AG) Nomsa Simelane. The memorandum is issued today, January 7, 2025, to stakeholders such as secretary to Cabinet, principal secretaries (PSs), and heads of department.
Contrary to what happened last month, the civil servants this month will be paid as early as January 15, 2025. The latest group of civil servants will be paid on January 21, 2025. In December 2024, the civil servants were paid as early as the 17th. The move by Government will come in handy for civil servants, as they are expected to pay for school fees for their children. Schools are supposed to open on January 28 for the first term of 2025.
According to the memorandum, Civil servants who are normally paid on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd will be paid on January 15. Civil servants who are usually paid on the 23rd and the 24th will be paid on January 16. Those who are normally paid on the 31st will be paid on January 21.
In December, civil servants were not all paid on the 17th of December. The early pay for the public workers was done according to their normal dates of payment.
Civil servants whose pay day is on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd were paid on the 17th of December. Those who normally get paid on the 23rd and the 24th were paid on the 18th of December. Government workers who normally get paid on the 31st were paid on the 20th of December.
