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BL Premium reports that services at government departments and state agencies, including home affairs, employment & labour and the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa), could be affected when a public service union embarks on a "total shutdown" for above-inflation wage increases on Wednesday.
The Public Service Association (PSA), which represents 80% of about 3,000 staff at the State Information Technology Agency (Sita), said it issued the agency with a strike notice on Monday, after wage talks deadlocked. Sita provides IT services to national, provincial and local government departments. PSA assistant GM Reuben Maleka said the union was demanding a 7.5% wage hike, while the employer had moved from 4.5% to 5%. "The PSA is conscious of the implications of the total shutdown, which could adversely affect network connectivity, operations in most government sectors and service delivery. The employer continues to show no interest to resolve the impasse. Employees have been mobilised and are preparing to participate in a total shutdown," Maleka said. He called on communications & digital technologies minister Mondli Gungubele to intervene to resolve the impasse and "instruct the Sita board of directors to improve the salary offer to 7.5%.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
- See too, Sassa services at risk as state-run IT firm faces strike, at Moneyweb
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