BUDGET SPEECH 2024 PREVIEW Stagnating economy, ballooning wage bill and struggling tax base – Godongwana’s Herculean task 5 min 29 By Ed Stoddard and Neesa Moodley
DIRE FINANCIAL STRAITS Western Cape declares intergovernmental dispute with Treasury over rising public sector wage bill 4 min 14 By Victoria O’Regan
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: SA’s public service may not be ‘bloated’, but the wage bill is 4 min 6 By Unknown Author
LABOUR PAINS Government changes its tune in fight with unions over public servants’ salary increases 3 min 8 By Ray Mahlaka
BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM Wage talks — how much do state nurses, porters and cleaners earn? 8 min 0 By Jesse Copelyn
WAGE NEGOTIATIONS Government and public sector trade unions on the verge of sealing 7.5% pay rise deal 3 min 3 By Ray Mahlaka
PAY TALKS Public sector unions pare down wage demands to end impasse with government 3 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
CIVIL SERVICE PAY ‘Trust deficit’ between trade unions and the government to weigh on upcoming public sector wage talks 3 min 4 By Ray Mahlaka
LABOUR PAY BATTLE Public sector unions up in arms over ConCourt ruling to reject third tranche of wage increases 4 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
Business Maverick Big victory for the state as unions lose bid to force public sector wage increases 3 min 5 By Ray Mahlaka
BUDGET2022 Enoch Godongwana still faces an uphill battle in cutting the public sector remuneration bill 3 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET 2021 Treasury making good on promise to reduce public sector salary bill 3 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT Prudent planning: Finance Minister Godongwana has fiscal room to move, but not by much 3 min 0 By Unknown Author
BUSINESS MAVERICK Public sector trade unions threaten industrial action after state reaffirms plan for salary freeze 3 min 14 By Ray Mahlaka
Business Maverick Mboweni’s hard stance on a wage freeze for public servants starts to pay off 3 min 3 By Ray Mahlaka
BUSINESS MAVERICK 168 Divisions fester over government’s runaway public sector wage bill 4 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
BUSINESS MAVERICK Government dangles once-off cash bonuses to settle wage dispute with public servants 3 min 2 By Ray Mahlaka
BUSINESS MAVERICK Ramaphosa secures crucial backing for a thumping cut in public sector wage bill 3 min 3 By Ray Mahlaka
