EWN reports that management of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) was due on Monday to meet with representatives of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) and the Public Servants Association of SA (PSA) in an attempt to avert a wage strike by employees.  

The planned industrial action is scheduled to commence on Thursday.  Employees have issued SARS with notice of a strike should proposed salary hikes and other demands not be met.  They are demanding an 11.4% salary increase.  SARS employee relations executive Takalani Musekwa said they were confident that a resolution would be reached this week and also stated:  "Organised labour did serve us with a notice to strike on Wednesday.  They are required to give us a seven-day notice, so that means if we can’t find each other in the next seven day they will go on strike from 28 March.  However, we are having meetings on Monday and Tuesday."

• The original of this short report by Katleho Sekhotho is at EWN

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