/ 18 January 1999

PROSECUTORS PROTEST

PUBLIC prosecutors staged a placard demonstration outside the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court at lunch time on Monday, in protest at 6% salary increases announced last month by Justice Minister Dullah Omar. Spokesperson for the picketers Yolande Labuschagne said the prosecutors restricted their protest to lunch hour after they were threatened with dismissal if they protested during working hours. Prosecutors nationally have been on a work-to-rule since overtime payments were suspended in November.