Swaziland to host regional liaison office for global social security body

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Journal du Cameroun (21.02.2018) Swaziland has been selected to host the International Social Security Association (ISSA) liaison office for southern Africa for the next six years, APA learnt here on Tuesday.ISSA is a global organisation that brings together national security social administrators and was founded in 1927.  It has 330 member organisations in 158 countries.

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Swaziland has been selected to host the International Social Security Association (ISSA) liaison office for southern Africa for the next six years, APA learnt here on Tuesday.ISSA is a global organisation that brings together national security social administrators and was founded in 1927.  It has 330 member organisations in 158 countries.

Swaziland National Provident Fund (SNPF) spokesperson Mlungisi Dlamini told APA that ISSA secretary general Hans-Horst Konkolewsky will arrive in Swaziland on Tuesday to officiate at the launch of the office.

“The event will be held on Wednesday 21 February 2018 at the SNPF Headquarters in Manzini and it will be graced by the presence of Labour and Social Security Minister Winnie Magagula,” the official said.

The office launch will be witnessed by delegates from other Southern African Development Community countries who will be attending seminar on how to extend social security to the informal sector.

The seminar is taking place in Ezulwini, Swaziland, on Wednesday and Thursday and is organized by the ISSA Liaison Office for Southern Africa and SNPF.