Government’s plan to cut 30,000 employees

[Bianke Neethling]

Government’s plan to cut 30,000 employees

Finance Minister Godongwana stated that the government's plan to give an estimated 30,000 employees early retirement won't impact service delivery or skilled personnel.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Cut down 90,000 and it won't affect service delivery.

30,000 employees early retirement won't impact service delivery

 

[PaulGherkin]

You better get it right ANC... otherwise you will have STRIKES like there's no tomorrow

 

[ajax]

Cut them from Eskom. We want lower electricity prices.

 

[Hemi300c]

This won't end well.

 

[My_King]

"estimated 30,000 employees early retirement won't impact service delivery or skilled personnel."

Ehhhh my cadre my cadre, spitting facts.

 

[UB40]

Goodbye 30 000 ANC voters

 

[PaulGherkin]

Goodbye 30 000 ANC voters

They will still vote ANC... so not sure how that affects the vote

 

[Lupus]

I mean we know it won't. You'd need service delivery first.

 

[dontcryforme]

That equates to 4,500,000 kg of dead weight

 

[porchrat]

That equates to 4,500,000 kg of dead weight

I've seen some of those Home Affairs ladies. I think you've vastly underestimated the weight there.

 

[Hemi300c]

They will all become mk supporters

 

[rh1]

We can save money as follows:

1. Reduce the health departments from 10 to 1. Have a 5% max admin budget. I.e. if not directly attributable to providing health care: Doctors, nurses, PPE and medical equipment it is an admin cost.

2. Repeat, but for education.

3. Get rid of most departments.

4. Get rid of 99% of SOCs. These were relics of apartheid.

5. Reduce the number of ministers.

 

[Johnatan56]

1. Reduce the health departments from 10 to 1. Have a 5% max admin budget. I.e. if not directly attributable to providing health care: Doctors, nurses, PPE and medical equipment it is an admin cost.

What is admin? This definition has issues. What about those taking care of equipment, staffing, the building they operate in, procurement, etc.

3. Get rid of most departments.

Consolidate some, sure, but most departments make sense, issue is bloat in those departments.

4. Get rid of 99% of SOCs. These were relics of apartheid.

No. This is how you end up with issues down the line like UK's water works. The issue again is bloat in those departments, that incompetent people are managing things they shouldn't and that there are extra roles created for connected people that don't fulfill a purpose.

Stuff like rail, energy grid, water works, etc., cannot have a competitor and should be state run. Hospitals as well, private in South Africa only exists at its scale due to the mess that is public, if they sorted it out, private would disappear (though that would take decades).

 

[dontcryforme]

I've seen some of those Home Affairs ladies. I think you've vastly underestimated the weight there.

A guy can't even be nice these days

 

[OCP]

if 30k less employees won't affect service delivery that just proves how utterly inefficient the government departments are!

 

[notayoba]

 

[Brawler]

Government’s plan to cut 30,000 employees

Finance Minister Godongwana stated that the government's plan to give an estimated 30,000 employees early retirement won't impact service delivery or skilled personnel.

This is the new Government department H.O.N.D. (Helping Optimize National Department) doing fine work.