Staff welfare is a top priority for the DIS
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 | 980 Views |
Edward Robert PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Contrary to suggestions that staff welfare is being willfully neglected, the fact of the matter is that the Directorate has, during the tenure of Brigadier (Retired) Peter Fana Magosi undertaken a systematic approach to analyzing such issues with the view to providing long term solutions fitting for an intelligence organisation.
While resolution of welfare matters typically takes a long time, the truth is that interventions continue to be implemented from time to time, contrary to the suggestion that nothing is being done. This is why the Directorate continually updates staff on steps being taken to implement Court of Appeal judgement on multiple titling and grading of C- Band positions.
For too long, the state of many public schools has been a source of shame. We have all seen the pictures and heard the stories of broken windows, unreliable water and electricity, topped by classrooms that are not fit for proper learning. The establishment of the Education Infrastructure and Management Company Ltd (EIMC) signals that authorities are finally ready to take this problem seriously. We must commend the government for this initiative....