With a record 75 Ministers and Deputies in the seventh administration, the National Executive’s cost to the fiscus is expected to increase quite significantly.
Preliminary estimates indicate that South Africans could expect to pay at least R1.2 billion annually for the country’s 75 Ministers and Deputy Ministers.
South Africa’s National Executive, appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, including the Deputy President, Ministers, and their Deputies, was announced on June 30, 2024, after weeks of intense negotiations. There are now 32 ministers and 43 deputy ministers from members of the ANC, DA, IFP, PA, PAC, UDM, FF Plus, AL Jama-ah, and GOOD parties.These 75 positions chosen by Ramaphosa do not come cheap, with their salaries alone costing the taxpayer around R181.33 millionThis excludes their additional perks of the state paying for support staff, official vehicles, homes, travel, allowances and billions of rands spent on private VIP security.
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