Budget cuts to keep SAA alive have affected services to unfairly treated workers
22 June 2021 - 17:50
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A SAA aircraft at OR Tambo International Airport. Picture: REUTERS/SUMAYA HISHAM
Once again Carol Paton is quite correct in her analysis and overview of the duplicitous way in which the SAA deal has been structured (“Pravin Gordhan’s breathtaking manipulation of the Treasury over SAA”, June 21). However, it must be remembered that the citizen in the street has been heavily affected by all of this spending.
From a small anecdote I can show how the budget cuts to the department of employment & labour have affected service delivery at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). This budget cut has meant individuals who have been unfairly dismissed or retrenched are facing ever longer queues to try to get their cases heard. Even the administration of the CCMA has been heavily compromised.
The CCMA was the crown jewel shining brightly in the department, but because of the SAA debacle there is no longer any shine to this very dull crown.
Michael Bagraim,MP, DA deputy shadow employment & labour minister
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LETTER: CCMA no longer the crown jewel
Budget cuts to keep SAA alive have affected services to unfairly treated workers
Once again Carol Paton is quite correct in her analysis and overview of the duplicitous way in which the SAA deal has been structured (“Pravin Gordhan’s breathtaking manipulation of the Treasury over SAA”, June 21). However, it must be remembered that the citizen in the street has been heavily affected by all of this spending.
From a small anecdote I can show how the budget cuts to the department of employment & labour have affected service delivery at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). This budget cut has meant individuals who have been unfairly dismissed or retrenched are facing ever longer queues to try to get their cases heard. Even the administration of the CCMA has been heavily compromised.
The CCMA was the crown jewel shining brightly in the department, but because of the SAA debacle there is no longer any shine to this very dull crown.
Michael Bagraim,MP, DA deputy shadow employment & labour minister
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an e-mail with your comments. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Send your letter by e-mail to letters@businesslive.co.za. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
CAROL PATON: Pravin Gordhan’s breathtaking manipulation of the Treasury over SAA
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