Cosatu decries public office-bearers’ salary increases as excessive
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from South Africa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved salary increases of up to 4% for politicians, traditional leaders, and judges, drawing sharp criticism from trade union federation Cosatu.
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2 outlets from South Africa, where the story is: Mail & Guardian, SABC News · how we count
- Nov 11, 9:41 AM UTCFirst reportVavi slams public office-bearers salary increasesabcnews.com ↗
- Nov 11, 9:57 AM UTC+16 min· you’re reading thisCosatu decries public office-bearers’ salary increases as excessivemg.co.za ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 9:57 AM UTC · +16 min
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same presidential approval of public office-bearer salary increases and the union criticism of it, with a slightly different figure (3.5%) that is a different framing of the same a
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