Public Services International The global union federation of workers in public services

During a workshop in Cape Town in April 2025 on challenging austerity and defending public services in South Africa, hosted by the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) together with PSI, Thokozile Madonko from the Wits University’s Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, delivered a sobering analysis of how South Africa’s fiscal strategy is eroding the public infrastructure that sustains life, care, and dignity.