Cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has made salary changes for mayors, speakers and other top officials.
Earlier this year, president Cyril Ramaphosa increased the salaries of politicians and other government officials by 3% after recommendations by the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office-Bearers.
Ramaphosa announced the salary increases would be backdated to April last year and will apply to all categories of public office-bearers, including ministers and their deputies, premiers, MECs, MPs, MPLs, traditional leaders and judges. Those employed by independent constitutional institutions such as the offices of the public protector, auditor-general and Electoral Commission also received a 3% pay increase.The salary for deputy president David Mabuza is R2,910,234, up from 2,825,470.DA leader John Steenhuisen, as the leader of the official opposition, received an increase to R1,648,481 from R1,600,467.
EFF leader Julius Malema and other leaders of minority parties received an increase to R1,386,619 from R1,346,232. MPs and other senior legislative figures also received increases, with the speaker of the National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula earning R2,910,234.
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