Sipho Masondo
Times LIVE, 7 October 2011
Municipal councillors have asked parliament to increase their salaries and benefits to R815000 a year - the same as members of provincial legislatures.
The SA Local Government Association has also recommended that councillors be paid by the national Treasury, like all other politicians.
If the association has its way, the wage bill for South Africa's 9000 councillors will cost taxpayers an extra R7-billion a year.
During a presentation to parliament's select committee on finance last month, the association called for an "urgent" review of how councillors are remunerated to bring them into line with the pay packages of politicians in provincial and national government.
Excluding car allowances, full-time councillors earn an annual package of between R280000 and R542000, depending on the type of municipality they serve.
Their part-time counterparts earn between R119000 and R253000 a year, excluding car allowances. Read more ...
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