Fresh thinking needed around wage bill

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Three years ago government made a commitment to cut the amount spent on public servants’ salaries by five percent annually.

This was motivated by recognition that not only was the amount spent on salaries unsustainably high, but the size of the public sector itself was too big for an economy of Botswana’s size.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, public sector pay rises have been minimal, leading, in part, to the “Mother of All Strikes” of 2011.

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