Lusanda Bill
17 August 2010
South African public sector unions have rejected the revised wage offer made by government.
On Thursday last week government made a fresh offer of R700 housing allowance but an unchanged 7% wage increase.
The unions are demanding an 8.6% wage hike with a housing allowance from R500 to R1 000.
President of the South African Democratic Teachers Union, a part of the labour coalition said "From tomorrow there will be a total shutdown and the beginning of a protracted strike and we will only stop when government responds,".
This means that tomorrow about 1.3 million civil servants will embark on a strike, this includes police, customs officials, teachers and health workers and social welfare.
Pressure is on government now to accept the unions demand or the country will see the worst state strike in over three years.
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