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The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) is finalising reforms aimed at expanding pension and social security coverage to more than three million workers in Zimbabwe's informal sector, including cross-border traders.

NSSA general manager Charles Shava said the proposed informal sector scheme is at an advanced stage of development and is designed to bring previously excluded workers into the national social protection system.

He said the initiative targets self-employed individuals, small-scale traders and others operating outside formal employment structures, many of whom currently have no access to pension or insurance benefits.

Shava said the reforms are intended to reduce vulnerability and help address poverty among informal workers, noting that the scheme is being developed through stakeholder consultations and actuarial modelling to ensure it reflects the realities of irregular and seasonal incomes.

He added that the broader vision is to ensure all workers, regardless of income or sector, have access to meaningful social security, in line with national development goals under Vision 2030.

NSSA is also working on a separate maternity protection scheme, which is currently awaiting approval, as part of wider efforts to modernise Zimbabwe's social security system.
- NewsDay

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