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ANA reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) said on Thursday it was disappointment by the Department of Public Service and Administration's (DPSA’s) intent to cut more than 30,000 jobs.
During his budget vote speech in parliament, DPSA minister Senzo Mchunu said the department would open an opportunity for civil servants who would wish to go on early retirement without penalties to do so. Such voluntary severance packages are designed to reduce the wage bill by more than R20-billion by letting 30,000 public servants aged between 55 and 59 go over a period of three years. In a statement, Nehawu opposed the move, saying the government should strengthen the public service by implementing strategies that would enable workers to be more effective and productive and should focus on eradicating wasteful, fruitless and irregular expenditure. Nehawu said it would ensure that there was proper engagement at the public service coordinating bargaining council on the government's plan and that the exercise should not leave critical posts unfilled.
- Read the full original of the report on the above at Engineering News
- Read Nehawu’s press statement at Polity
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