EDITORIAL: Neither ministers nor municipalities should get a salary increase
Pondering remuneration and salary increases for the public sector amid a pandemic is tricky
As South Africans buckle under the pressure of job losses and salary cuts, and the fiscus bleeds at every level, increases for municipal employees and public office-bearers are under the spotlight. It is the start of the financial year for municipalities and budgets have been prepared and tabled for debate in council.
When it comes to municipal employees who are part of the bargaining unit under the SA Local Government Bargaining Council, there is an agreement in place that awards them a consumer price index (CPI) plus 1.5% increase. In a similar way to how public servants at national and provincial level have secured above-inflation increases, so have municipal workers...
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