{"id":704763,"date":"2023-07-18T09:17:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T07:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=704763"},"modified":"2023-07-18T10:01:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T08:01:34","slug":"the-public-office-in-south-africa-that-earns-more-than-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/704763\/the-public-office-in-south-africa-that-earns-more-than-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"The public office in South Africa that earns more than the president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Presidency has gazetted<\/strong><\/a> the approved latest salaries and allowances for South Africa’s various commissions, chairpersons, and councillors – including a salary bump for the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AG is taking home a salary of R5.23 million for the year, significantly higher than even the budgeted maximum for the president himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Treasury budgeted a sizeable increase for President Cyril Ramaphosa in February 2023<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The budget for the presidency in 2023\/24 through to 2025\/26 estimated that the president\u2019s salary will increase from R4.2 million (unchanged from 2022\/23) to R4.6 million over the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deputy president, meanwhile, was budgeted to see an increase of R100,000 in 2023 to R3.6 million, ramping up to R4.0 million by the end of the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It must be noted that the budget estimates are not the confirmed salaries of the president and deputy president<\/strong>, but rather the room given in the budget for these payouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government salaries are proposed by the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers which are then approved or altered by the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The presidency recently gazetted the official changes for 2023\/24, which saw the deputy president’s salary increase to R3 million for the year (vs the budgeted R3.6 million) among other increases for ministers and MPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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