LETTER: Doing the maths on public-sector job cuts
The 2020 budget was all about trimming the public-sector wage bill — which translates to more than 140,000 lost jobs
10 March 2020 - 14:56
I read in Business Day that “the Treasury strongly opposes the assertion that its fiscal stance is one of austerity” (SA’s latest budget is not one of austerity, says Treasury (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2020-03-08-sas-latest-budget-is-not-one-of-austerity-says-treasury/), March 8).
Instead of spinning the issues and trying to start Mickey Mouse debates, the Treasury should declare how many public-sector jobs they think would be affected by a cut in the main budget’s “public-sector wage bill” by R37.807bn, as of April 1...
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