South African government workers plan to accept an offer to increase their wages by 5.5%, less than half the percentage initially demanded by State employees.
“The majority of our members have accepted the 5.5% increase, so we will be signing the agreement,” Public Servants Association of South Africa spokesman Claude Naicker said by phone on Monday.
“There is a council meeting today, where parties will append their signatures. If there’s majority of them that have upended their signatures, then we have an agreement in place.”
The 5.5% increase offered by the government compares with the initial demand by public servants for a 12% hike.
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