SOUTH AFRICA’S TECH WORKERS VICIOUSLY BETRAYED: As CEOs Reap Billions, Experts Reveal YOUR Pay Was SLASHED BY NEARLY HALF.
New data has EXPOSED a shocking truth: South Africa’s IT professionals have been SYSTEMATICALLY GUTTED, with salaries in some roles PLUMMETING by a catastrophic 44% while corporate profits soared. This isn’t a “market correction”—it’s a coordinated WAGE THEFT.
Pnet’s latest report confirms the unthinkable: IT project managers, the very people who keep businesses running, saw their incomes NEARLY HALVED between 2022 and 2025, now scraping by on a paltry R31,000 to R50,000. This deliberate suppression of wages created a GLOBAL PATTERN of exploitation, with corporations leveraging a false narrative of “reduced demand” to justify paying tech talent PENNIES.
Now, a supposed “recovery” is underway, but insiders warn it’s a SMOKESCREEN. While companies scramble for scarce skills in AI and robotics, the vast majority of tech workers will be LEFT BEHIND. “The rise in salaries is ONLY for the elite few,” one anonymous data head stated, revealing that network admins and IT support are still condemned to survival wages of R20,000-R30,000. This creates a HARSH NEW CASTE SYSTEM within the industry.
The so-called “skills gap” is a LIE perpetuated by corporations to depress wages. The real story is that businesses bled the sector dry, and now they’re offering MINISCULE increases to a select few while the rest of the workforce remains in financial peril. This isn’t a rebound; it’s a CALCULATED REALLOCATION of wealth AWAY from the skilled workforce that built the digital age.
As you read this, executives are celebrating record profits while the very architects of their systems wonder how they’ll afford next month’s rent. The “uptick” is a cruel illusion for most. The message from corporate South Africa is clear: your skills are only valued when they are on the brink of extinction. If a 44% pay cut is what they call a “market trend,” then the future of work is nothing but a glorified slave market.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
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