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The Witness reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) is consulting its members following the government’s latest 5.5% salary increase offer to civil servants.
Nehawu and other unions, such as the Public Servants Association (PSA), have in recent weeks been engaged in wage negotiations with the government. Nehawu’s Zola Saphetha confirmed that the union was currently in consultation with its members over the government’s latest offer. The union is embarking on an intensified mandate-seeking process until 7 February through the convening of membership meetings to source a mandate from members on the offer. “Regional and provincial Bargaining forums of the public service must be convened between February 10 to 14 and thereafter the national bargaining forum will be reconvened to consolidate mandates from membership unions, regional and provincial bargaining forums,” Saphetha explained. PSA spokesperson Claude Naicker described the latest government offer as “progressive”. The wage negotiations have been taking place amidst mounting concerns around the state’s ballooning wage bill, which currently sits at R721 billion per year. As part of measures to reduce its salary bill, the government has been providing financial incentives to those who retire before their retirement age.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Clive Ndou at The Witness
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