Mchunu is adamant that Treasury has no money for salary increases as the country faces a myriad of challenges.
A general strike by public service workers looks set to go ahead as South African trade unions this week moved to declare a deadlock after the last round of negotiations with the department of public service and administration failed to yield the desired outcome.
Government is understood to have doubled down on its stance that National Treasury had no money to pay for public sector salary increases.
According to the unions, government’s only “revised offer” came in the form of a proposal that funds currently allocated for pay progression, resettlement costs for workers relocated to another province and daily allowances should no longer be paid out. Instead, those funds would be channelled towards the salary increases that are being demanded by public sector workers.
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On Friday public sector unions and the government will once again meet at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) where both parties will negotiate over contentious salary increases for public servants.
Although the government is not expected to back down on its salary freeze for SAâs 1.3 million public servants during the 2021/22 financial year, Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu says all proposals on the negotiating table will be considered.
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