I followed Tito Mboweni’s budget speech carefully, particularly the ways he proposes to cut the public sector wage bill. He specifically said government “tabled an agenda item on the management of the public service wage bill at the public service co-ordinating bargaining council”.
This merely means the finance ministry has asked that an item be placed on the bargaining council’s agenda for deliberation some time in future. There is no indication when this will be debated, and no certainty that it will be accepted...
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