A few stories published in your newspaper attracted my attention. First, an employee in the Department of Fisheries is taking it to court for unfair labour practices. To summarise: a person was employed as an administrative secretary, but because of extra duties her position was later upgraded and she is currently earning an annual salary of R900,000. A few weeks ago your sister publication, The Times, published a survey on the starting salaries of engineers, which it found to be about R600,000. This illustrates why, I believe, Africa will never reach its full potential as a stable, flourishing and prosperous continent, looking after the wellbeing of all its citizens. I am sure all your readers will agree that engineers create the basis for all economic activity in modern economies. That is why in prosperous countries they are regarded as a scarce resource and consequently are among the highest salary earners, while lawyers become barmen to survive. Not in wonderful SA, however, whe...
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