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News24 reports that some field workers who were part of Census 2022 say they are suffering because they have not been paid.
Thando Mvubu, 28, a field worker, said she tried numerous times to call Statistics SA (State SA), but she was placed on hold or told she was not on the system. "Stats SA has failed me, all I need is my money. They need to pay people. I am depressed right now and I can barely sleep. It is wrong what they are doing to the youth of South Africa," Mvubu stated. Some field workers shared on social media that they could not attend their graduation ceremonies because of the delayed payments. Another field worker Lehutso Mogoru, 23, said: "The Stats department is not organised. We did not sign the contracts before the first day of working and the contracts were sent a few days after, that is when people started to work. We worked hard for the entire three months. It is now tough because I can't buy even maize meal ... some people are depressed and hurt because we worked very hard and there's nothing to show." A spokesperson for Stats SA, Trevor Oosterwyk, advised that some employees had been paid. "The workers need to ensure that all their details are correct and, if they did, they should be receiving their payments. I can confirm that 90% of employees have been paid and there are a few outstanding payments," Oosterwyk said.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Alfonso Nqunjana at News24
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