SAFTU rejects the 3.5% salary increase for political office-bearers [SOUND]

# Union federation SAFTU has rejected president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to grant a 3.5-percent salary increase to political office-bearers, including members of the national executive and Parliament. The federation does, however, support the four-percent increase for judges. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says the independence and proper functioning of the judiciary are essential to constitutional democracy. She says this position cannot be used to justify increasing the pay of political office-bearers, while millions of people struggle to find work: