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No overtime, the consequences of a power grab

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By The Editorial Board 14 August 2025, 6:20PM

No overtime pay for medical frontliners is part of the repercussions of having a failed budget. Slowly, similar cutback measures will be announced by other government ministries.

By The Editorial Board 14 August 2025, 6:20PM

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