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Public Servants

Mid-term budget: Godongwana introduces early retirement plan
Business
/ 30 October 2024

Mid-term budget: Godongwana introduces early retirement plan

An amount of R11 billion will be set aside to allow people early exit from public service

By Anathi Madubela
No salary increases for finance commissioners, parliament hears
Business
/ 8 September 2021

No salary increases for finance commissioners, parliament hears

The recommendation for no pay hikes is based on South Africa’s financial position in general, as well as the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

By Anathi Madubela
Teacher begs treasury to rethink excluding public servants from pension withdrawals
National
/ 21 August 2021

Teacher begs treasury to rethink excluding public servants from pension withdrawals

Cosatu pushes back against ‘treasury bureaucracy’ for not allowing civil servants emergency access to their retirement funds as a form of Covid-19 relief

By Chris Gilili and Sarah Smit
Editorial: Collective bargaining headache
Editorial
/ 13 May 2021

Editorial: Collective bargaining headache

The state faces a dilemma: it made a three-year wage agreement with public servants in 2018, before the pandemic, but reneging on it now will undermine labour’s trust

By Editorial
Simple interventions could cut violence against women
Opinion
/ 20 February 2021

Simple interventions could cut violence against women

Measures such as better street lighting, training the police and enforcing gun control can effect real change

By Robyn Porteous
Despite Twitter appeal, Mboweni has little wiggle room in medium term budget
Article
/ 23 October 2018

Despite Twitter appeal, Mboweni has little wiggle room in medium term budget

Much of the MTBPS was finalised before Mboweni’s appointment was announced following the resignation of his predecessor Nhlanhla Nene

By Lynley Donnelly
​Unembargoed: August 10 to 16
Article
/ 13 August 2018

​Unembargoed: August 10 to 16

President Ramaphosa’s administration is planning to lay off 30 000 public servants in the next three years. More in this week’s unembargoed.

By Mg Reporter
Editorial: Give us more like Fuzile
Article
/ 7 April 2017

Editorial: Give us more like Fuzile

The director general of the treasury, Lungisa Fuzile, has given a shining example of what a public servant should be like.

By Editorial
Viva to the SA pencil-pushing angels who simply do their jobs
Analysis
/ 4 January 2013

Viva to the SA pencil-pushing angels who simply do their jobs

Chris Mann wonders whether it is elitist to cherish a burning desire to see the great South African dream come true.

By Chris Mann
No consensus on officials’ salary freeze
Article
/ 16 November 2012

No consensus on officials’ salary freeze

Insiders have debunked President Jacob Zuma’s claim that government employees support his proposal of a salary freeze for a year.

By Andisiwe Makinana
Zimbabwe: Public servants’ salary protest puts MDC in firing line
Africa
/ 27 July 2012

Zimbabwe: Public servants’ salary protest puts MDC in firing line

Stung by the rejection of their salary demands, Zimbabwean public servants staged nationwide protests in a bid to force the government’s hand.

By Ray Ndlovu
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Analysis
/ 17 May 2012

Forcing politicians to use public services will make a difference

In a letter to the president and the DA, the national co-ordination committee of the national Imbizo asks politicians to start using public services.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 9 September 2010

Who are the essential service workers?

Neither the government nor the unions made use of a mediation mechanism that could have avoided the recent month-long strike.

By Tarryn Harbour
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Article
/ 20 August 2010

Strikers dance as hospital patients are left high and dry

Crowds of healthcare workers sang and danced as they protested outside Natalspruit Hospital in Thokoza on Wednesday, watched by the police.

By Tarryn Harbour and Lisa Steyn
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Article
/ 20 August 2010

Cosatu strikes out at high office

Economic policy change the core motivation for labour mass action, says general secretary.

By Matuma Letsoalo Author
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Article
/ 20 August 2010

Strikers dance as patients are left high and dry

Crowds of healthcare workers sang and danced as they protested outside Natalspruit Hospital in Thokoza on Wednesday, watched by the police.

By Tarryn Harbour and Lisa Steyn
Erwin aims to profit from inside info
Article
/ 30 July 2010

Erwin aims to profit from inside info

Ex-minister and his DG set up a company closely connected to their old jobs.

By Mandy Rossouw
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Article
/ 29 July 2010

PSA public-service strike under way

The Public Servants’ Association (PSA) said it was difficult to gauge the effects of a strike that got under way on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 16 July 2010

Strike looms as wage talks stall

Unions representing 1,3-million government employees have given PSA Minister Richard Baloyi until next week to improve the government’s wage offer.

By Matuma Letsoalo Author
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Article
/ 11 July 2010

It’s our job, finish and klaar

Imagine how many South Africans could have been spared falling victim to violent crime had the police not been rotting, like a fish, from the head.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 28 June 2009

Out of office, out of favour

The DG of the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department has quit the department after a bitter falling out with Minister Shiceka.

By Rapule Tabane
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Article
/ 8 June 2009

Zuma repeats warning to lazy public servants

President Jacob Zuma has once again vowed to act against incompetent and lazy public servants.

By Staff Reporter

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