KHAYA SITHOLE | After the July jolt, the state couldn’t afford a public sector strike

The government’s agreement to pay workers 1.5% increase was a surprising development

July was a month of great turbulence for SA on the social, political and economic fronts. The political hysteria of the sentencing of Jacob Zuma by the Constitutional Court to 15 months in jail pitted the ANC — with its mixed track record of hostility and antipathy towards the judiciary — against its own commitment to respecting the rule of law...

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