TimesLive reports that the SA National Defence Union (Sandu) has criticised a recommendation on salary adjustments made by the Defence Force Service Commission (DFSC).  

The DFSC recently recommended salary upgrades for soldiers with at least 15 years of service‚ even though their rank would remain the same.  The recommendation was meant to resolve unhappiness over the fact that soldiers' salaries are linked to their rank.  Sandu said the DFSC’s proposal did little to help soldiers and had been done without consulting the union.  "The recommendation is unfair and unequal to the thousands of members trapped in the cycle of pay stagnation between their 4th and 14th year in their ranks‚ and who experience exactly the same prejudice in pay and pension as the category singled out for restitution by the DFSC‚" Sandu said in a statement.  It added that the recommendation, as well as the process by which it was arrived at‚ was “arbitrary‚ unilateral‚ unlawfully discriminatory and unfair."  Sandu also said it would keep a close eye on the commission's recommendation of a new pay dispensation‚ to be rolled out over the next two years.

• Read this report n full at TimesLive
• Read Sandu’s press statement in this regard at Sandu online

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