Wage Rage - South Africa’s civil servants earn more than our doctors

South Africa’s civil servants are the highest paid in the world, when taken as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).
According to studies by the IMF and World Bank, paying our civil servants consumes between 12% and 13% of GDP – that’s 3.5% higher than the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) average, and significantly more than economically strong countries such as the UK, US, Japan and Australia.
In the past 30 years, the government salary bill has exploded from R55 billion in 1995 to R724 billion in the 2023/24 financial year – far above normal, inflation-related increases.
Much of this happened under Jacob Zuma’s watch, and it put massive pressure on government finances. In fact, the state had to borrow money to fund this inflated wage bill, increasing government debt from R627 billion to R5.21 trillion in fifteen years.

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