ANA reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) on Monday slammed what it called government attempts to blame the country’s financial woes on the public wage bill despite revelations during various inquiries of corrupt activities by senior officials.  

The union said wage negotiations at the SA Revenue Service (SARS) had been seriously hampered as a result.  “The effects of mismanagement of finances and human resources, not only at state-owned enterprises (SOEs) but also at SARS are blatantly apparent as the PSA continues to engage SARS to negotiate fair wages and improvement in the working conditions for employees,” PSA general manager Ivan Fredericks pointed out.  He went on to say:  “Whilst SARS has been filling posts in top management, employees who must ensure service delivery are negatively impacted by under-staffing, heavy workloads and uncertainty surrounding the wage negotiations.”  If government was at all serious about bringing about an economic turn-around, the situation at SARS regarding human resources and infrastructure was in need of serious and priority attention, Fredericks indicated.

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