COPE slams pay rise for public office bearers

21 November 2015 - 15:33
By TMG Digital

The Congress of the People (COPE) political party has slammed the new pay rise for public office bearers‚ saying it will cause the national debt to skyrocket. “Money is strangely always rapidly forthcoming to fund salary increases but strangely lacking for education‚ health and housing‚” COPE spokesman Dennis Bloem said.

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