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Fin24 reports that according to the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), its IT systems were not been affected after thousands of its employees went on strike this week.
On Wednesday, SITA employees who are members of the Public Servants Association of SA (PSA) embarked on an indefinite strike after salary negotiations for the 2023/24 financial year had stalled. This left government services, including Home Affairs and the SA Social Security Agency, without any technical support. Talks have been ongoing for months, with the PSA demanding an above-inflation increase of 7%. The latest offer from the PSA was 5%. Spokesperson for SITA, Tlali Tlali, said government IT services had not been disrupted by the "unprecedented" strike, and both parties would remain in negotiations. He indicated thast SITA had implemented contingency plans to ensure special monitoring of systems for the duration of the strike. Both parties were present at a bargaining forum meeting on Wednesday. Tlali commented: “We have reason to believe a breakthrough is within sight. We have significantly narrowed the guild between parties and the viability of options presented is currently under consideration.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Na'ilah Ebrahim at Fin24 (subscriber access only)
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