The Ramaphosa administration knows it faces its Thatcher moment, ironically with the very same sector: coal and power.
Thatcher invoked force to break the unions. That is not an option for us. How then to mend the short-circuit? We read that 29,000 public servants earn more than R1m annually, consuming R29bn of state expenditure. Three factors drive the size of this expenditure: bloat, riding on union power, and above-inflation salary increases. ..
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