EDITORIAL: The ANC government has buckled each time it faced resistance from trade unions. SA will be watching again to see if President Cyril Ramaphosa will play the role of a neutral mediator between government and unions or back his finance minister
This is mainly over moves announced by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to cut the wage bill by R160 billion over the next three years.
This has drawn the ire of the union leaders, who have threatened to resist this move and “go to war”. This has emboldened trade union leaders, particularly those at the helm of labour federation Cosatu, to create the impression that Ramaphosa’s ministers are on a wayward, rogue mission that contradicts what the president stands for.
Government budgets are always a reflection of government priorities rather than the whim of any one individual.
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