{TOP STORY] SA take-home pay surges by 12% - But will the trend last?

‘Civil servants get close to 20% of GDP. That's how much we pay civil servants in South Africa. It's completely out of line,’ says the chief economist at the Efficient Group.

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‘The way forward is for the municipalities and the wastewater treatment facilities to implement measures to make sure that the water is treated properly, because properly treated water can be safe,’ says Herman Stoop, Worldwide Industrial and Systems Engineers.

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‘What we're also finding with our alumni survey is that 59% of our students found employment within Gauteng, with another 11% in Limpopo and only 7% in the Western Cape,’ says Werner Abrahams, CEO of the Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme.