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South Africa’s treasury is guilty of bad budgeting, and its budgets are criminally incongruous with the vision, policy objectives and goals of the 2012 National Development Plan. (David Harrison/M&G)
BUDGET

Treasury: Brace for trade-offs after public sector wage deal

To rein in spending, the government will have to restrict recruitments and delay certain projects

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
Nehawu members protest outside George Tabor Technical College in Soweto on 8 March 2023. (Fani Mahuntsi/ Gallo Images)
DENOSA

Nehawu-led public sector strike at an end, bargaining council says

Meanwhile, the Public Servants Association has turned down the government’s 7% salary raise proposal, saying it does not account for the soaring cost of living

  • Anathi Madubela
3 min read