{"id":605876,"date":"2022-07-13T08:44:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T06:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=605876"},"modified":"2022-07-13T08:44:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T06:44:06","slug":"how-much-kings-queens-and-other-traditional-leaders-get-paid-in-south-africa-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/605876\/how-much-kings-queens-and-other-traditional-leaders-get-paid-in-south-africa-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"How much kings, queens and other traditional leaders get paid in South Africa right now"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially declared the salaries and allowances of traditional leaders and members of traditional houses.<\/p>\n

Traditional affairs are interwoven with South Africa’s government. The Department of Traditional Affairs is mandated to oversee issues relating to traditional affairs and support the development of traditional communities.<\/p>\n

The South African government<\/a> <\/strong>said the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) seeks to promote the role of traditional leadership within the country and act as an advisory board to the national government<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Alongside the national house of traditional leaders, there are provincial houses in the Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West added government.<\/p>\n

Traditional leaders play a role in the rural development strategy, with the government introducing numerous pieces of legislation to ensure that traditional leadership can and must contribute to the development of society.<\/p>\n

Traditional councils can further be involved in development matters and may now enter into partnerships and service-delivery agreements with the government in all spheres.<\/p>\n

South Africa’s latest gazetted<\/a> <\/strong>remuneration covers a wide range of roles varied between full and part-time positions in both national and provincial houses of traditional leaders.<\/p>\n

Note: NHTL\u00a0= National House of Traditional Leaders | PHTL\u00a0= Provincial House of Traditional Leaders<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/th>\nAnnual salary<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
King\/Queen<\/td>\nR1 277 116<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chairperson: NHTL<\/td>\nR961 268<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Full-Time Chairperson: PHTL<\/td>\nR791 738<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deputy Chairperson: NHTL<\/td>\nR735 226<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Full-Time Deputy Chairperson: PHTL<\/td>\nR678 520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Full-Time Member: NHTL<\/td>\nR427 566<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Full-Time Member: PHTL<\/td>\nR366 520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Traditional Leader<\/td>\nR279 070<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Headmen\/Headwomen<\/td>\nR119 911<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The King’s salary<\/strong><\/p>\n

In March<\/a> of this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa recognised Misuzulu Sinqobile Zulu as the King of the AmaZulu Kingship, making the country now have eight officially recognised kings.<\/p>\n

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said in a parliamentary Q&A that recognised kings are permitted to collect an annual salary as determined by the president and based on recommendations by the Independent Commission for Remuneration of Public Office Bearers.<\/p>\n

Dlamini-Zuma outlined the salaries paid to each of the country\u2019s kings over the last five years based on these recommendations:<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nAnnual salary<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nR1 126 057<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nR1 033 438<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nR1 126 057<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nR1 206 147<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nR1 239 918<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nR1 239 917<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Dlamini-Zuma added that \u2018fringe benefits\u2019 are also given to all traditional leaders by their respective provincial governments.<\/p>\n

There is no specific information available on the benefits each province provides to their kings as this differences from province to province, she noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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