It pays to be in Cabinet, even with no salary increase Updated Jacaranda FM news Share this: Top government officials will not be getting an increase on their salaries this year, but it still pays to be appointed to a Cabinet position. Gallo Images This week government published a determination on the upper limit on Ministers, Premiers, and Members of Parliament (MPs) of both the national and provincial legislature’s salaries which has been signed off by President Cyril Ramaphosa.