EDITORIAL | By asking for public help, Mchunu is passing the buck

Public service and administration minister needs to man up and make tough decisions in civil servant wage negotiations

11 May 2021 - 19:47 By sunday times daily

Butter could not melt in Senzo Mchunu’s mouth on Tuesday when he defended his move to ask the public for help in resolving the government’s deadlock with civil servant unions. “I don’t think we should be overwhelmed by emotions that we go through from time to time,” the public service and administration minister told TimesLIVE (https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2021-05-11-nothing-wrong-with-asking-for-public-input-in-wage-dispute-senzo-mchunu/), as if there was nothing unusual about a government asking its citizens for advice on salary negotiations...

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