write Branko Brkic

Oct 22, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Jeff Rudin |Maria Ressa |Ray Mahlaka |write Branko Brkic

SELECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OP-ED South Africa has the third-largest public sector wage bill as a proportion of GDP in the world, which at about 10.5% of GDP greatly exceeds that of countries like the US, UK, Australia and Japan. But this masks the fact that there are 139,811 workers on the bottom three levels earning between R123,741 and R159,879 a year in the world’s most unequal society. Part 1 in a three-part series.