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The Namibian
Mon 12 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair? Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform. SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
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NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-31
Salaries of SOEs being re-classified
Shinovene Immanuel
THE State Owned Enterprise Governance Council (SOEGC) is re-classifying the pay packages at parastatals, a move that will ring changes to the pay structures of some SOE bosses.
Frans Tsheehama, the head of the SOEGC yesterday confirmed the current re-classification of SOEs and told The Namibian that consultants are scheduled to complete their work by end of this year. The new classification is expected to be gazetted early next year.
Salaries and perks of parastatal bosses have come under spotlight over the years as many are considered overpaid by state-owned businesses that often make losses and constantly rely on taxpayer bailouts.
In 2010 the SOEGC implemented pay guidelines with maximum caps, although several chief executive officers continue to earn above those caps. The classification that set the caps has been critisised by some SOE bosses.
News of the re-classification emerged yesterday after The Namibian reported about the latest caps announced by the Office of the Prime Minister and also following complaintsn by the Rector of the Polytechnic of Namibia, Tjama Tjivukua, that this newspaper has wrongly reported his institution to be part of the caps.
Tjivikua pointed out that his close to N$2 million salary was not subjected to the caps that are published in the Government Gazettes.
Disappointed by previous reports about him, Tjivikua who has been the rector of the Polytechnic since its inception in 1995 said: “The guidelines or regulations do not apply to persons already employed before coming into operation of the regulations or to institutions not listed in the relevant remuneration guidelines or tables.”
However, Tsheehama, the permanent secretary of the SOEGC, said the latest government gazette was incomplete and that names of some parastatals might have been mistakenly omitted.
Tsheehama reacted to an article, which appeared in The Namibian yesterday, stating that some SOEs were totally removed from the list.
Tsheehama said the names of the SOEs were “omitted by mistake” and confirmed that institutions like the Polytechnic of Namibia, which did not appear on the gazetted list, are still categorised in Tire 2 of the classifications as reported earlier by The Namibian.
Tsheehama said a few SOEs were omitted from the gazetted list after the SOEGC conducted a minor reclassification last year.
Tsheehama said they will have to re-gazette the “minor changes” in order to avoid confusion.
The Namibian based yesterday’s report on the Government Gazettes of May 2013, and August 2011, which did not reflect the names of some SOEs, including the Polytechnic of Namibia.
In addition to the Polytechnic of Namibia, the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF), Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and the University of Namibia did not appear on the list.
Even though the latest gazette was signed by Prime Minister Hage Geingob, who is also the chairperson of the SOEGC, Tsheehama pointed out that the re-classification and listing started in 2011. Initial changes were made in 2011 under former Prime Minister Nahas Angula, and it also seemed that the gazette had published the list of institutions incorrectly at the time.
In 2010, Cabinet approved a remuneration framework which divides SOEs into three categories: Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3.
According to the regulations, a chief executive officer in Tier 1 should only earn between N$401 199 and a maximum of N$803 413 annually. Tier 2 dictates that a CEO in that category should only earn between N$451 739 and N$987 197 annually. If a parastatal falls under Tier 3 then it means its boss should earn a minimum of N$709 722 and a maximum of N$1 532 828.
Frans Tsheehama, the head of the SOEGC yesterday confirmed the current re-classification of SOEs and told The Namibian that consultants are scheduled to complete their work by end of this year. The new classification is expected to be gazetted early next year.
Salaries and perks of parastatal bosses have come under spotlight over the years as many are considered overpaid by state-owned businesses that often make losses and constantly rely on taxpayer bailouts.
In 2010 the SOEGC implemented pay guidelines with maximum caps, although several chief executive officers continue to earn above those caps. The classification that set the caps has been critisised by some SOE bosses.
News of the re-classification emerged yesterday after The Namibian reported about the latest caps announced by the Office of the Prime Minister and also following complaintsn by the Rector of the Polytechnic of Namibia, Tjama Tjivukua, that this newspaper has wrongly reported his institution to be part of the caps.
Tjivikua pointed out that his close to N$2 million salary was not subjected to the caps that are published in the Government Gazettes.
Disappointed by previous reports about him, Tjivikua who has been the rector of the Polytechnic since its inception in 1995 said: “The guidelines or regulations do not apply to persons already employed before coming into operation of the regulations or to institutions not listed in the relevant remuneration guidelines or tables.”
However, Tsheehama, the permanent secretary of the SOEGC, said the latest government gazette was incomplete and that names of some parastatals might have been mistakenly omitted.
Tsheehama reacted to an article, which appeared in The Namibian yesterday, stating that some SOEs were totally removed from the list.
Tsheehama said the names of the SOEs were “omitted by mistake” and confirmed that institutions like the Polytechnic of Namibia, which did not appear on the gazetted list, are still categorised in Tire 2 of the classifications as reported earlier by The Namibian.
Tsheehama said a few SOEs were omitted from the gazetted list after the SOEGC conducted a minor reclassification last year.
Tsheehama said they will have to re-gazette the “minor changes” in order to avoid confusion.
The Namibian based yesterday’s report on the Government Gazettes of May 2013, and August 2011, which did not reflect the names of some SOEs, including the Polytechnic of Namibia.
In addition to the Polytechnic of Namibia, the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF), Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and the University of Namibia did not appear on the list.
Even though the latest gazette was signed by Prime Minister Hage Geingob, who is also the chairperson of the SOEGC, Tsheehama pointed out that the re-classification and listing started in 2011. Initial changes were made in 2011 under former Prime Minister Nahas Angula, and it also seemed that the gazette had published the list of institutions incorrectly at the time.
In 2010, Cabinet approved a remuneration framework which divides SOEs into three categories: Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3.
According to the regulations, a chief executive officer in Tier 1 should only earn between N$401 199 and a maximum of N$803 413 annually. Tier 2 dictates that a CEO in that category should only earn between N$451 739 and N$987 197 annually. If a parastatal falls under Tier 3 then it means its boss should earn a minimum of N$709 722 and a maximum of N$1 532 828.
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