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Cut ‘rotten’ public service, says BLSA
But bureaucracy needs to be reskilled as well, says lobby group chief
Big business has told President Cyril Ramaphosa that the government sector is bloated and unaffordable and needs to be slashed, starting with his cabinet, says Bonang Mohale, who heads Business Leadership South Africa. BLSA, which represents the largest companies in South Africa, has had several meetings with Ramaphosa since he became president, and has made it clear that it believes the government sector is overstaffed, unprofessional, corrupt and too expensive, he says. "Government has 2.3 million employees, and they are paid far too much. The size of government must be reduced, starting with the cabinet." Public sector employment has been increasing, and just became a whole lot more expensive after the government signed a three-year, multiterm public service wage increase last week that smashed its 2018 expenditure ceiling by R30-billion. Business Day reported this week that the government will offer voluntary retrenchment to those over 60 in a bid to cut costs. Business leaders ...
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