After all is said and done, here is what South Africans are facing: 
1. 67 000 of the community works programme will lose even the meagre R900 they were earning
2. 30,000 public servants will be sent to early retirement to address chronic staff shortages in the correctional services, police, hospitals, home affairs, etc. 
3.  The remaining 5000 post office will join the 67 000 that used to work there in 1994 in unemployment. 
4.  The 3500 who stand to lose jobs at the end of January will join the long unemployment queues. When it was privatised in 1989, Iscor had 25,000 workers. 
4.  The water crisis in Johannesburg and elsewhere will continue. However, good news seems to be emerging for Hamanskraal. 
5.  Unemployment at 12.2 or 42% unemployment, with even worse youth, black, and women unemployment will continue 
6.  Budget cuts in line with commitments to austerity will continue. This will continue to make it impossible for the government to uplift the majority. 
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