Public Servant Strike Justified

To echo the words of Cosatu general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, “If 57 percent is good for the president, if 50 percent is good for the ministers, if 20 percent is good for the judges, then six percent is an insult to all of us.”

As an uncultured pleb looking up at the imposing hierarchy of government, I’ve considered throwing in my lot with the ‘downtrodden’ public servants. Surely if government is in the business of doling out lucrative pay-hikes, why should the grunts on the ground be left holding the empty money-bag while the powers that be get VIP seating on the gravy train?