Government says a problem with the computer system and the classification of state employees under the Single Wage Scale (TSU) is behind the delays in paying civil service salaries.

However, even with the problem identified, the government can't say when it might be selected.

"I don't want to say precisely that the delay in paying salaries will be resolved tomorrow or the next day. What I can assure you is that in the near future the situation should return to the normality that has always characterized the Civil Service, namely the timely payment of salaries," said the spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Filimão Suaze.

At issue are delays in payments, especially for teachers under the Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH), who have still not received their salaries for June.

Filimão Suaze, who was speaking yesterday in Maputo at a press conference after the 25th session of the Council of Ministers, reassured civil servants that there is no lack of funds.

"There may be other problems of a procedural nature, such as failures in the computer system, rather than a lack of funds for the payment of salaries," said the Deputy Minister for Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs.

Also during the conference, he said that the Multisectoral Commission for the Inclusion of State Officials and Agents (FAE) in the TSU, especially for the teachers assigned to MINEDH, is trying to resolve this procedure so that payments can go ahead.

The TSU was approved in 2022 in order to eliminate asymmetries and keep the state wage bill under control in the medium term, but the start-up has caused salaries to skyrocket by around 36%, from 11.6 billion meticais/month to 15.8 billion meticais/month.