The Public Servants Association (PSA), which represents more than 235,000 public servants, is expected to continue with its strike ballot this week after talks between the government and public service unions failed to hammer out a pay hike deal on Friday.

The PSA lodged a dispute at the public service co-ordinating bargaining council (PSCBC) in July after rejecting the government’s 2% cost-of-living adjustment offer and the R1,000 after-tax cash gratuity, which the state argues equates to a combined 6.5%...

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