NSSA embarks on door-to-door inspections

The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) said it is embarking on door-to-door inspections of businesses in three provinces as part of a blitz that seeks to encourage companies to pay pension contributions on time.

NSSA is a compulsory pension fund that all employers and employees in the country contribute to.

Due to economic challenges as well as outright laxity in some cases, some companies are not remitting contributions while others have been deducting pension contributions from employees' salaries but not forwarding them to the pension fund within required time frames.

To show it's seriousness in enforcing compliance, NSSA last week dragged national airline Air Zimbabwe to court demanding about $950 000 in contributions not remitted from last year.

NSSA said it would begin the door-to-door inspections in Harare, Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central provinces from November 9 to 20 this year before taking it to other provinces.