# The Public Servants Association says it agrees with minister of Public Service and Administration, Mzamo Buthelezi, that South Africa’s public servants are underpaid, overworked, and demoralised. The country has around 1.7 million public servants. PSA’s Claude Naicker says the recent 5.5-perecnt wage increase for public servants, though above inflation, does not adequately compensate for years of stagnant wages, rising living costs, and increasing workloads:
PSA slams inadequate wage hike for public servants [SOUND]
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