GOVERNMENT workers are drowning in debt, making them more susceptible to poor work performance and financial misconduct which could affect the state.
This week the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru), the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) and the Public Servants Association (PSA) warned that their members were struggling to make ends meet despite a 4.7% increase earlier this year, which was not enough to keep the wolf from the door.
They said the situation was so bad that many public servants had to sell their cars and homes to service their debts. In some instances, they have resigned from