Source: NSSA director suspended over misconduct allegations – herald
Martin Kadzere
The National Social Security Authority has suspended its director of finance and administration, Mr Daniel Ngwira, citing a series of grave misconduct allegations involving insubordination and the obstruction of board-approved resolutions.
The suspension was effective January 29, 2026.
NSSA is a statutory corporate body established by the 1989 Act of Parliament to provide social security, insurance and protection for employees. It administers mandatory schemes, including pension benefits and worker injury compensation, aiming to safeguard livelihoods against retirement, death, invalidity, or workplace accidents.
It provides mandatory cover to all employees in a profession, trade, or occupation, including civil servants.
According to a suspension notice signed by the NSSA general manager, Dr Charles Shava, the move was necessitated by the need to conduct an investigation into Mr Ngwira’s conduct under the Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations.
“You are hereby suspended from employment, without pay and benefits, with immediate effect from January 29, 2026,” said Dr Shava in the suspension letter.
“This suspension is to facilitate and complete investigations into allegations of misconduct and to enable the conduct of disciplinary hearing proceedings.
“The employer has good cause to believe that you may have committed serious acts of misconduct.”
Central to the charges is a claim that Mr Ngwira willfully failed to implement a binding resolution to pay terminal benefits to an eligible employee in 2025.
This alleged refusal to honor a lawful order is being treated as a significant breach of his fiduciary duties to the State pension fund.
Further allegations suggest a pattern of unauthorised interference in NSSA’s internal governance.
The authority claims Mr Ngwira improperly intervened in approval processes by endorsing memoranda outside his delegated authority and unreasonably blocked a motor vehicle loan for a qualifying staff member, despite such loans being supported by NSSA policy.
The suspension letter also highlights a long-running dispute regarding Mr Ngwira’s own conditions of service.
Between late 2023 and early 2026, he is alleged to have “persistently disregarded” managerial authority by repeatedly demanding a company vehicle against his supervisor’s instructions and improperly escalating the matter to the board while copying subordinates on the correspondence.
Under the terms of the suspension, Mr Ngwira is strictly prohibited from accessing any NSSA premises or contacting employees who may be witnesses in the upcoming disciplinary hearing.
He has also been ordered to surrender all company assets immediately to ensure that documentary and electronic evidence remains untampered with during the probe.
“During this period of your suspension, you are not permitted to enter or access any NSSA premises, facilities, or offices without the prior written approval of the general manager,” said Dr Shava.
“You are strictly prohibited from interfering with, influencing, or attempting to contact any witnesses, complainants, or other employees in relation to the ongoing investigations and disciplinary proceedings.
“Further, you may not tamper with, conceal, or otherwise compromise any documentary or electronic evidence relevant to the matter under investigation.”
No comment could be obtained from Mr Ngwira by the time of writing.
NSSA remains the single largest institutional investor on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), holding stakes in several listed companies.
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