Soldiers’ union unhappy about commission’s ‘unfair’ salary recommendations
South African National Defence Force Union (Sandu) has criticised a recommendation on salary adjustments by the Defence Force Service Commission. The commission recently recommended salary upgrades for soldiers with at least 15 years of service‚ even though their rank would remain the same. The recommendation was meant to resolve unhappiness over the fact that soldiers’ salaries are linked to their rank. Sandu said it had been campaigning to do away with this kind of salary scale. The union added that the commission’s proposal did little to help soldiers and had been done without consulting the union. "The recommendation is unfair and unequal to the thousands of members trapped in the cycle of pay stagnation between their fourth and 14th year in their ranks‚ and who experience exactly the same prejudice in pay and pension as the category singled out for restitution by the [Defence Force Service Commission]‚" Sandu said in a statement released early on Thursday "The [Defence Force Se...
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