{"id":237010,"date":"2019-01-24T13:21:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T11:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:21:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T11:21:38","slug":"early-retirement-talks-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010","title":{"rendered":"Early retirement talks on hold"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Early<\/a>
Still Consultating: George Simataa. _Photo: Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eba Kandovazu<\/p>\n

DISCUSSIONS on whether or not to reduce the early retirement age has been put on hold pending consultations with government and relevant stakeholders.<\/p>\n

According to Cabinet Secretary George Simataa, such a policy requires rigorous consideration due to the multiple implications, including a review of the current Pension framework of the country, financial implications to both government and the economy, as well as the impact on skills and experience.<\/p>\n

Simataa was referring to a recent media report, which according to him, gave recommendations to government to investigate the possibility of reducing early retirement age from the current 55 years to 50 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the impact that the early retirement by civil servants may have, not only to GIPF but also on service delivery, government has not decided on this matter,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eba Kandovazu DISCUSSIONS on whether or not to reduce the early retirement age has been put on hold pending consultations with government and relevant stakeholders. According to Cabinet Secretary George Simataa, such a policy requires rigorous consideration due to the multiple implications, including a review of the current Pension framework of the country, financial implications …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":237099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nEarly retirement talks on hold - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DISCUSSIONS on whether or not to reduce the early retirement age has been put on hold pending consultations with government and relevant stakeholders.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Early retirement talks on hold - Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DISCUSSIONS on whether or not to reduce the early retirement age has been put on hold pending consultations with government and relevant stakeholders.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-24T11:21:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-24T11:21:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Page-5-3rd-story-24-Jan-2019.jpg?fit=945%2C1234&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"945\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1234\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\"},\"headline\":\"Early retirement talks on hold\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-24T11:21:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-24T11:21:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010\"},\"wordCount\":150,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Page-5-3rd-story-24-Jan-2019.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010\",\"name\":\"Early retirement talks on hold - Informant\u00e9\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Page-5-3rd-story-24-Jan-2019.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-24T11:21:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-24T11:21:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"DISCUSSIONS on whether or not to reduce the early retirement age has been put on hold pending consultations with government and relevant stakeholders.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Page-5-3rd-story-24-Jan-2019.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Page-5-3rd-story-24-Jan-2019.jpg\",\"width\":945,\"height\":1234,\"caption\":\"Still Consultating: George Simataa. _Photo: Contributed\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=237010#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Early retirement talks on hold\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"name\":\"Informant\u00e9\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Informante\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"width\":655,\"height\":656,\"caption\":\"Informante\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/informantenam\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/informantenews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/informante_news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\",\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Staff Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?author=10\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Early retirement talks on hold - Informant\u00e9","description":"DISCUSSIONS on whether or not to reduce the early retirement age has been put on hold pending consultations with government and relevant stakeholders.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Early retirement talks on hold - Informant\u00e9","og_description":"DISCUSSIONS on whether or not to reduce the early retirement age has been put on hold pending consultations with government and relevant stakeholders.","og_url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010","og_site_name":"Informant\u00e9","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","article_published_time":"2019-01-24T11:21:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-01-24T11:21:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":945,"height":1234,"url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Page-5-3rd-story-24-Jan-2019.jpg?fit=945%2C1234&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Staff Reporter","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@informantenews","twitter_site":"@informantenews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Reporter","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010"},"author":{"name":"Staff Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80"},"headline":"Early retirement talks on hold","datePublished":"2019-01-24T11:21:35+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-24T11:21:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010"},"wordCount":150,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Page-5-3rd-story-24-Jan-2019.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010","name":"Early retirement talks on hold - Informant\u00e9","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Page-5-3rd-story-24-Jan-2019.jpg","datePublished":"2019-01-24T11:21:35+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-24T11:21:38+00:00","description":"DISCUSSIONS on whether or not to reduce the early retirement age has been put on hold pending consultations with government and relevant stakeholders.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Page-5-3rd-story-24-Jan-2019.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Page-5-3rd-story-24-Jan-2019.jpg","width":945,"height":1234,"caption":"Still Consultating: George Simataa. _Photo: Contributed"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=237010#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Early retirement talks on hold"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","name":"Informant\u00e9","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization","name":"Informante","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","width":655,"height":656,"caption":"Informante"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","https:\/\/x.com\/informantenews","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/informante_news","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80","name":"Staff Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Staff Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?author=10"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/237099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}