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Fin24 reports that that the Public Servants Association (PSA) maintains that its strike in the public service will commence on Thursday, while the government said it would have measures in place to mitigate the impact of the industrial action.
The union has 235,000 members and warned that its planned strike would hit home affairs, the transport department and SA border controls in particular. Government will be unilaterally implementing a 3% wage hike this month, while the PSA is demanding 6.5%. Only the SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) has accepted government's 3% wage offer, while other Cosatu affiliates want a 10% increase. The PSA’s Reuben Maleka confirmed that the PSA strike would "definitely" take place on Thursday. The PSA said that if the strike became protracted, it had a fund in place to pay striking members. However, some in government only expect a one-day strike. Maleka said the union would also march to the National Treasury to register its umbrage at Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana setting an average 3.1% increase to the public service wage bill in his Medium-term Budget Policy Statement in October. Meanwhile, public service unions affiliated with Cosatu, namely Nehawu, Denosa and Popcru, will hold a briefing on Wednesday to announce their plans after being awarded certificates permitting strikes. Acting Minister of Public Service and Administration, Thulas Nxesi, will reply orally to questions about the wage talks in Parliament on Wednesday.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Khulekani Magubane at Fin24
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