The National Social Security Fund was established under the National Social Security Fund Act [Cap. 50 R.E 2018] to provide social security services to members from private and informal sectors. The core Functions of the Fund is to Registration of members, Collection of contributions,Investing of the collected contributions,Payment of benefits to members.
According to Section 6 of the NSSF Act, the following categories of employers and employees are registrable by the Fund. These categories include the following; Private Sector which includes, Companies, Non-governmental organisations, Religious organisations, Employees employed in International organisations operating in Mainland Tanzania, Foreigners employed in Mainland Tanzania, Self-employed and any other category of persons specified by the Minister.