Public-sector unions have rejected the government’s new wage offer for the 2020/2021 financial year as time runs out for the negotiations, with new salaries taking effect on April 1.  

On Friday, Mugwena Maluleke, chief negotiator for union federation Cosatu’s public-sector unions, and Reuben Maleka, assistant GM of the Public Servants Association of SA (PSA), said the government’s offer was rejected. ..

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