The government has performed an 11th-hour climb down and offered to enter into settlement talks with public sector unions over salary increases it had previously said are unaffordable. But as Business Day reports this is not enough to prevent a court battle that may have huge ramifications for the credibility of fiscal policy and the government’s intention to contain SA’s ballooning debt. Reuben Maleka is with the Public Servants Association. He discusses this. Courtesy #DStv403