The government plans to give public servants a 7.5% pay rise in 2023, which will cost it between R35bn and R50bn. This goes against its own plan to wrestle down the compensation bill.
State health workers will remain cash strapped as the South African government battles to rein in its massive public sector wage bill, which makes up 15% of the goods and services produced in the country.
State health workers will remain strapped for cash as the South African government battles to rein in its massive public sector wage bill, which makes up 15% of the goods and services produced in the country.