EDITORIAL: Curbing public sector wages a test of resolve and goodwill
It will take an impressive act of patriotism for government employees to forgo increases for the good of the country
31 July 2020 - 05:05
There is much resting on the relationship between the government and its more than 1-million public servants.
In February, finance minister Tito Mboweni pencilled in R160bn of cuts to the baseline wage bill over the next three years. In effect, this amounted to a wage freeze for 2020/2021 and increases lower than inflation for the year or two after. This was crucial to him meeting an already large budget deficit of 6.8%...
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