LETTER: Taxpayers overpay for featherbedding of union members
The government should resist greed by retrenching unproductive staff at all levels of the SABC
21 June 2020 - 16:51
We need changes to more than just the budget. The SABC, Eskom and many other state-owned enterprises, as well as national and provincial government departments, have been used by the ANC as a means of buying support — they are overstaffed and overpaid.
This became particularly evident during the disastrous Zuma presidency, but there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Taxpayers have paid for too long for the featherbedding of union members...
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