A Harare court official named Taurai Manuwere was picked on March 14 for the trial of Charles Shava, who currently runs the National Social Security Authority. The case revolves around money matters because Shava allegedly pushed through extra pay for company doctors after bosses said no way.
Back in October 2022, Shava brought up a plan during a meeting to raise doctor pay with several types of extra cash. He wanted to give four NSSA doctors different bonuses—twenty percent for being on call, twenty-five percent for dealing with health risks, fifty percent for focusing only on NSSA work, plus twenty percent more just to keep them happy.
When November rolled around, the big bosses met and heard about these ideas. They liked just one part - the twenty percent to keep doctors from leaving - but shot down everything else on the list. Then things took a strange turn the next month when Shava created paperwork that magically included all the rejected bonuses.
He told the temporary HR boss to hand out all that extra money anyway. By February last year, the HR person, Tambudzai Jongwe, emailed Shava asking why she should pay these bonuses without proper approval from money managers and top leadership. Shava wrote back, claiming everyone already said yes to these payments.
Based on what Shava told her, Jongwe started paying those four doctors the full set of bonuses starting from January 2023. All those extra payments added up fast, reaching more than twelve million dollars. The court believes Shava tricked everyone by pretending the bosses approved something they actually rejected months earlier.
Back in October 2022, Shava brought up a plan during a meeting to raise doctor pay with several types of extra cash. He wanted to give four NSSA doctors different bonuses—twenty percent for being on call, twenty-five percent for dealing with health risks, fifty percent for focusing only on NSSA work, plus twenty percent more just to keep them happy.
When November rolled around, the big bosses met and heard about these ideas. They liked just one part - the twenty percent to keep doctors from leaving - but shot down everything else on the list. Then things took a strange turn the next month when Shava created paperwork that magically included all the rejected bonuses.
He told the temporary HR boss to hand out all that extra money anyway. By February last year, the HR person, Tambudzai Jongwe, emailed Shava asking why she should pay these bonuses without proper approval from money managers and top leadership. Shava wrote back, claiming everyone already said yes to these payments.
Based on what Shava told her, Jongwe started paying those four doctors the full set of bonuses starting from January 2023. All those extra payments added up fast, reaching more than twelve million dollars. The court believes Shava tricked everyone by pretending the bosses approved something they actually rejected months earlier.
