Zuma raises officials’ salaries by 4.4%
Elected officials will receive salary increases of 4.4 percent, compared with inflation of more than 6 percent, the Presidency said.
|||Johannesburg - South Africa's elected officials will receive salary increases of 4.4 percent, compared with inflation of more than 6 percent in Africa's most industrialised economy, the Presidency said on Wednesday.
“President Jacob Zuma has decided upon a below inflation increase of 4.4 percent for political office bearers nationally and in the provinces for 2015/16, the outgoing financial year, in line with the current economic climate,” his office said in a statement.
The announcement comes as Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is set to present his budget later on Wednesday.
Reuters
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