LETTER: Public service closed until further notice
Institutions such as the deeds office and the high court are just not providing the services they ought to
01 July 2020 - 15:34
The size of SA’s public service is a shocking example of how the government has put sheltered employment for ANC cadres above real economic growth and infrastructure and social development.
These same — usually overpaid, often inefficient and most certainly fully paid during lockdown — government employees are now a serious hindrance to the ability to resurrect other sectors of the economy. Meanwhile, retrenchments and income deprivation have already struck many private businesses...
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