The highest-earning municipal manager in the country will take home an annual salary higher than that of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
This is in accordance with the decision by Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize to increase municipal managers’ salaries, which has been slammed by unions representing municipal workers.
Mkhize announced this week that municipal managers and those directly reporting to them will receive pay hikes of up to R200 000, meaning the highest-paid officials will now earn close to R4 million a year.
Ramaphosa’s salary is just over R3.6m, while Mkhize and other ministers take home R2.4m.