The Public Servants Association (PSA) of South Africa, which represented the civil servants, had embarked on months of industrial actions, and had taken to negotiation with the government for a pay increase, finally settled with the government’s offer of a 7.5% wage increase.
While the PSA was initially pushing for a 10% pay increase, they settled for what they saw as a fair percentage. Rueben Maleka, the acting Deputy General Manager of the PSA said, “Although it’s not all that we wanted but we believe that the 7.5% will make much better economic sense to our members given the hardships they find themselves in.”
