Public Servants
latest news & developments
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
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
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
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
Simple interventions could cut violence against women
Measures such as better street lighting, training the police and enforcing gun control can effect real change
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
​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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cosatu strikes out at high office
Economic policy change the core motivation for labour mass action, says general secretary.