Here’s how much South Africa’s ministers and other top government officials will get paid this year
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved the salaries for a number of top government and parliamentary positions.
In a gazette published on Friday (14 May), the president announced the salaries will take effect retroactively from 1 April 2020, with most senior officials receiving no increase.
This aligns with
recommendationsmade by the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers earlier this year.
The recommendations are based on consultations with the minister of finance, the minister of Justice, the chief justice and Lower Courts Remuneration Committee, and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
Salga set to consider ways of improving its image and better regulating itself
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Durban - The statutory affairs committee of the South African Local Government Association will look into the associationâs national and provincial executive committees members who are âfacing challengesâ with law enforcement agencies, Salga president Thembisile Nkadimeng says.
The statutory affairs committee would also consider proposing governance and reputation management protocols, he said when he opened Salgaâs National Members Assembly (NMA), in preparation for what she said would be the transition that municipalities would experience before, during and post the upcoming 2021 local government elections.
The NMA will run from Thursday through to Friday. Deputy President David Mabuza is scheduled to deliver the keynote address .On Friday, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will be among the key participants.
South Africa’s state of disaster extended by another month
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet has extended South Africa’s national state of disaster by a further month.
In a statement made following a cabinet meeting on Thursday (13 May), it said that the state of disaster will now continue until 15 June 2021.
“The extension considers the need to continue augmenting the existing legislation and contingency arrangements undertaken by organs of state to mitigate against the impact of the disaster on lives and livelihoods,” it said.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is expected to officially publish the extension in the government gazette within the next couple of days.
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SALGA: Amos Masondo, Address by Chairperson of SALGA, on the occassion of the special National Members Assembly of SALGA, Sandton (13/05/21)
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SALGA: Amos Masondo, Address by Chairperson of SALGA, on the occassion of the special National Members Assembly of SALGA, Sandton (13/05/21)
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“Cabinet calls on Israel to stop the barbaric attacks on Palestinians and commit itself to international efforts aimed at reviving a political process, leading to the establishment of a viable Palestinian state, existing side by side in peace with Israel within internationally recognised borders, based on those existing on June 4 1967, with East Jerusalem as the capital Palestine.”
Meanwhile, the cabinet also said it was “monitoring developments” in Mozambique after recent attacks by insurgents there.
“Cabinet remains concerned about the situation in Mozambique and continues to monitor developments. Accordingly, cabinet expressed its full support to efforts of the Southern African Development Community to bring about lasting peace and security, as well as reconciliation and development in Mozambique,” a statement read.