{"id":534006,"date":"2021-11-02T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=534006"},"modified":"2021-11-02T16:28:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T14:28:19","slug":"heres-how-much-mayors-and-other-top-municipal-workers-earn-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/534006\/heres-how-much-mayors-and-other-top-municipal-workers-earn-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s how much mayors and other top municipal workers earn in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has announced a wage freeze<\/a><\/strong> for top municipal workers in South Africa.<\/p>\n

In a government gazette published on Tuesday (2 November), Dlamini-Zuma said that, after consultations with the relevant authorities, it was decided that a 0% cost of living adjustment would be made for the different members of municipal councils for the 202o\/2021 financial year.<\/p>\n

This means that the latest wages, last updated in April 2020<\/a><\/strong>, will remain in effect.<\/p>\n

It is estimated that there are more than 9,000 councillors in South Africa\u2019s 278 municipalities. However, the data below specifically pertains to top earners such as mayors, deputy mayor, speakers, mayoral committee members, executives of sub councils, and whips.<\/p>\n

Under the current system, municipal workers are paid based on a point system that factors into its municipal income and the population that falls under the municipality.<\/p>\n

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The sum of the number of points allocated to a municipal council in terms of the above table determines the grade of such municipal council as follows:<\/p>\n

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This table is then used to determine the pay of mayors and other top municipal workers including the deputy mayor, speakers, mayoral committee members, executives of sub-councils, and whips.<\/p>\n

At the country’s largest and most populous municipalities, executive mayors can earn as much as R1.4 million a year<\/strong>, while their deputies can earn R1.1 million<\/strong>. In the country’s smaller municipalities this figure drops to R782,000<\/strong> for executive mayors, and R632,025<\/strong> for their deputies.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Other benefits\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to their annual wages, top municipal workers in South Africa can expect a number of other benefits including:<\/p>\n