It really is, in this tale of two countries, the best of times (for the ANC ministers) and the worst of times (for their subjects).
South Africans It really is, in this tale of two countries, the best of times and the worst of times .
Trade union federation Cosatu described the revelation that ministers’ utility costs had been covered while everyone else struggles as “shameful and scandalous”. “It is extremely insensitive for this administration to cushion off the members of the executive, while imposing extreme sacrifices on the workers and unemployed,” said spokesperson Sizwe Pamla.
In no other countries do elected politicians earn close to the CEOs of the largest corporations, because corporations create jobs and earn money, while the government consumes it in the form of taxes.
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