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South Africa's Ramaphosa makes case for containing public wage bill

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that “focused discussions” would be needed between the government and trade unions on ways to slow the rate at which public sector wages are growing.

Ramaphosa used a weekly newsletter to the nation to back up Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, who proposed 160 billion rand ($10.3 billion) of cuts to the public sector wage bill during a budget speech last week.

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