MPs want Kgathi to review prisons retirement age

Prison warders escorting accused person to prison
Prison warders escorting accused person to prison

Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on the Minister of Defence, Justice and Security Shaw Kgathi to review the age of retirement for prisons officers from the proposed 50 years to at least 60 years.

Kgathi presented the Prisons (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to Parliament yesterday in which it proposes that a prison officer holding a pensionable post of a rank of warder, sergeant, assistant principal officer, principal officer, assistant superintendent and superintendent shall retire from service upon attaining the age of 50.

These are considered low ranks in the service. However, legislators said the age should be increased to at least 60 years in line with the Public Service Act. They said this is because most of the prison officers holding this post of specified ranks are at low salary scales.

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