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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>South African public servants are preparing to reject a government wage offer, raising the prospect of the first major strike by state workers in more than a decade.<\/p>\n

Preliminary results from a ballot of the Public Servants Association, the biggest government labour union, show workers won\u2019t accept the proposal to increase pay by 3% and continue receiving a cash gratuity until<\/p>\n

March, the PSA said Monday in an emailed statement. The government\u2019s current offer expires on Wednesday. “Current mandating outcomes indicate that votes are<\/p>\n

tilting toward rejecting the offer,” the PSA said. Remuneration of the government\u2019s 1.3 million workers accounts for almost a third of total government expenditure, and keeping it in<\/p>\n

check is key to the National Treasury\u2019s plans to rein in the budget deficit and bring runaway state debt under control. The unions have argued that inflation-beating increases are warranted in light of soaring food and energy<\/p>\n

costs. The annual consumer inflation rate is currently 7.6%. Public servants in July lowered their demands for pay increases of as much as 10% to 6.5%, after the government rejected their<\/p>\n

earlier request on the grounds that it was unaffordable. Worker anger about the government\u2019s refusal to accede to their wage demands boiled over on Monday, when Minerals Resources and Energy<\/p>\n

Minister Gwede Mantashe was prevented from addressing the Congress of South African Trade Unions\u2019 annual conference in Johannesburg. Cosatu is a member of a<\/p>\n

tripartite alliance along with the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party that rules South Africa. Tensions have been growing<\/p>\n

between them over a decision by the ANC-led government to renege on a 2018 wage agreement \u2014 a decision that was backed by the country\u2019s highest court.<\/p>\n

Cosatu has also been scathing of the government for failing to address an ongoing energy crisis, as South Africa experiences record power outages this year.<\/p>\n

Public-sector workers last went on strike for three weeks in 2010 before settling on a wage increase of 7.5%. The PSA said it plans to ask the government to incorporate the cash gratuity into their baseline pay, or extend it, which “may ensure a positive members\u2019 mandate to accept the offer.”<\/p>\n

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