EDITORIAL: Unions rattle sabres
The call to hike the salaries of public officials, such as teachers, at a rate exceeding inflation indicates that the trade unions are wholly disconnected from SA’s fiscal reality
04 March 2021 - 05:00
That sound you hear is the rattling of sabres on the left of the ANC, which has been grumbling incessantly since finance minister Tito Mboweni presented his budget last week. The complaints are many, and some have substance — the increases for grants really are paltry, and do nothing to mitigate runaway job losses and poverty.
But the call to hike the salaries of public officials, such as teachers, at a rate exceeding inflation indicates that the trade unions are wholly disconnected from SA’s fiscal reality...
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