South Africa: Cap all higher education pay, say unions

by E Wayne Ross on June 15, 2009

Business Day: Cap all higher education pay, say unions

CAPPING the pay of top managers at public higher education institutions was a step in the right direction, but all salaries at these institutions should be subject to government guidelines, two higher education staff unions said yesterday.

The government has proposed that the total cost of all senior university and university of technology management salaries be capped at 6% of each institution’s total staff cost.