LETTER: Joburg should scrap hikes in salaries and tariffs
If the city had used the average CPI increase in its wage bill, it could have saved its residents R21bn
07 July 2020 - 17:09
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) calls on the 270 councillors in the City of Johannesburg to act in the best interests of their residents and to vote against any salary and tariff increases in the 2020/2021 budget.
The council failed to pass the budget before the start of the financial year on July 1, and the Gauteng provincial government has now given it a deadline of Friday or face intervention...
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