![]() “They receive benefits such as car allowances, free residence, free flights and free security, amongst others. He said public office-bearers were not affected by inflation in the same way that it affected all ordinary workers in the country. And three, in the context of the damage (inflicted through mismanagement, incompetence and corruption) they have caused (and are still causing) to our country, these public office-bearers do not deserve any increase,” said spokesperson Trevor Shaku. Two, public servants are offered another below-inflation increase, a 3.3% increase for 2023/24. “One is that the public office-bearers already earn obscene salaries. The SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) said the increase was not welcomed based on three factors. The decision also saw unions expressing their dissatisfaction with Ramaphosa. There is wrong staffing in the public sector which warrants attrition,” Swana said. There is therefore an overpayment gap that demands that wages be arrested. In reality, the public sector is destroying wealth and income across all economic sectors in South Africa. Residents and local businesses are getting less and less value from the public sector as a whole. “There is no reason for President Ramaphosa to be bothered by the people who can easily be bought,” said Seepe.Īnother political analyst, Sandile Swana, said that although a 3% increase was below inflation, “we must ask if the productivity of the public sector has improved at all in the past 10 years”. The leadership of unions will throw (in) their lot with the ANC despite the repeated failure of the ANC government to honour its commitment. “He knows very well that these very unions will be changing their tune come election time. Political analyst Professor Sipho Seepe said the size of the increase showed that Ramaphosa was not bothered about the unions because he knew that they would still back the ANC. The unions raised issues about the poor economic environment, unemployment, inequality, poverty and load shedding. The decision will see the salaries of mayors, premiers, ministers, members of Parliament, judges and traditional healers going up. The increase followed recommendations made by the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office-Bearers on the annual salary for all public office-bearers, submitted to the president on April 17. ![]() Unions had earlier this week slammed Ramaphosa after he announced that he had made a determination to increase the salaries of all public office-bearers by 3% with effect from April 1, 2022. Political analysts said the decision showed that Ramaphosa was not bothered about the unions who raised issues of unemployment, load shedding, inequality and poverty, among others. PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa is believed to have shown the middle finger to unions after he decided to increase the salaries of public office-bearers by 3%. Picture: Phando Jikelo, African News Agency (ANA) To the greatest extent possible, Microsoft does not make edits or exclusions to characters, in support of the Unicode Standard.Political analysts say the decision to increase the salaries of public office- bearers by 3% shows that President Cyril Ramaphosa is “not bothered” about the unions who raised issues of unemployment, load shedding, inequality and poverty. ![]() Or at least entered 1992.Ī Microsoft spokeswoman told me: "Generally Microsoft includes the emoji icon characters in its products in support of the Unicode Standard, which provides a unique number for every character across platforms, programs, and languages, and has been adopted by most industry tech leaders. ![]() When respectable newspapers like the Guardian are already garlanded with the word "f***" as if it's the word "and," it's time that the digital vocabulary kept up with the times (and the Guardian). This is surely yet another example of how Microsoft wants to shed its stodge in favor of a little modernist chutzpah. Now Redmond has flown to the rescue with not just one middle finger, but six in various skin tones. Somehow, the political correction facilitators behind Android and iOS have singularly failed to include one of humanity's most basic pieces of terminology: the bird flip. ![]()
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