About 2,500 protesters are expected to march to the National Treasury on Thursday morning to demand an above-inflation pay increase and reject the 3% tabled by the state.
The Public Servants' Association provincial manager in Pretoria, Olivia Mashego, said the Gauteng marchers would be joined by groups from the North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
“We have consistently been saying to government that they want to give us 3% but what we have always been requesting is 10%. We know that the employer has already paid the 3% into the accounts of people and that goes against the notion of collective bargaining when you just put money into my account without us having agreed whether we want it.
“We know that they have done that and they have done it strategically so that our people are discouraged from striking, but the point is even if you give us 3% it's not going to be enough for us,” she said.
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