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<\/a><\/p>\nWhile the remuneration amounts are based on a wide number of factors, the new limits show that it is possible for municipal managers to effectively earn more than South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n
President Cyril Ramaphosa is\u00a0expected to earn a salary of R3.6 million in 2018<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 easily making him one of the best-paid leaders in the world.<\/p>\n However, it should also be noted that Ramaphosa will donate<\/a> <\/strong>half of this salary to a new fund\u00a0that will be managed by the Nelson Mandela Foundation.<\/p>\n Top-level managers<\/strong><\/p>\n The Gazette also sets out the upper remuneration limits for top-level managers who report to municipal managers.<\/p>\n The upper limits of the annual total remuneration packages payable to managers directly accountable to municipal managers are as follows:<\/p>\n Disappointing\u00a0figures<\/strong><\/p>\n The South African Municipal Workers\u2019 Union (SAMWU) said it was ‘disappointed’ about the new upper limits.<\/p>\n “As Gazetted on the 8 November 2018, city managers are set to receive an annual salary of R3.9 million while those reporting directly to municipal managers will be receiving over R3 million annually,” it said.<\/p>\n “These increases happen when municipal workers are heavily underpaid, when municipal workers demand a fairer salary increment they are told that their demands are simply unaffordable whereas those sitting in air-conditioned offices are swimming in pools of money, those who are subjected to rain, wind and sun daily are given peanuts.”<\/p>\n It added that these increases were\u00a0Gazetted in the same week\u00a0that\u00a0Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP)\u00a0workers\u2019 salaries were increased by a mere R4.31 per day.<\/p>\n “It does not make sense how a Municipal Manager can be remunerated 180 times more than the least paid employee in the sector. These are the people who are responsible for the real business of service delivery,” it said.<\/p>\n “It is for this reason that SAMWU will be intensifying its campaign for the absorption of all EPWP workers by municipalities on a permanent basis. EPWP participants are delivering a municipal service and as such they should be absorbed by municipalities.<\/p>\n “We maintain that the ridiculous and highly inflated salaries given to Municipal Managers could should be redirected towards service delivery and for better remunerating \u00a0municipal workers.”<\/p>\n You can find the full framework detailed below:<\/p>\n COGTA Gazette 42023 November 2018<\/a> by BusinessTech<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n