Watch: SABC staff take to the streets to demand salary hike
A wage increase was due in April, staff members say.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) building. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark
Staff members from the SABC demand a 10% wage increase that the public broadcasting station declined because management said that the demand was not affordable.
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- The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) staff members belonging to the Broadcasting, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union (Bemawu) picket outside the SABC in Auckland Park, 2 November 2017. The workers are demanding a wage increase. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark
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- The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) building. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark
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- The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) staff members belonging to the Broadcasting, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union (Bemawu) picket outside the SABC in Auckland Park, 2 November 2017. The workers are demanding a wage increase. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark
The wage increase was due in April, while a journalist from the SABC said the public broadcaster had money because it had incurred an irregular R5-billion expenditure.
Watch the protest below:
https://youtu.be/KNDtPaS7JrA
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