Opinion

We all have a stake - if not a say - in these wage talks

02 May 2021 - 00:00 By Sunday Times Editorial

This week public service & administration minister Senzo Mchunu called on South Africans to suggest proposals to resolve the deadlock in wage negotiations between the government and public service unions. Amid fiscal pressures and a moribund economy, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, talks between the government and unions representing its employees have been particularly difficult...

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