Answer to Question #196925 in Finance for Abongwe

Question

Background about public sector wage bill in South Africa

Answer 1

The salaries of governmental servants in South Africa, including national and provincial officials, doctors, teachers, and police, account for almost a third of the country's budget. Following the end of apartheid in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC) attempted to empower millions of underprivileged black people, notably by placing them in government employment. Between 2007 and 2019, government expenditures on salaries more than tripled.