While the ACDP has called for the halting of the latest salary increases for public office bearers, the party has stopped short of saying its own public representatives will not be accepting the pay hike.
ACDP leader Kenneth Meshoe says a salary freeze would save a lot of money that could be used to help flood victims.While the ACDP has called for the halting of the latest salary increases for public office-bearers, the party has stopped short of saying its own public representatives will not be accepting the pay hike.
“The fact is that we don’t have many public office bearers and the percentage that we would forgo might be very negligible,” he said. “We were looking at the whole amount we could use if public office bearers could say ‘we will wait until there are some improvements’. Ramaphosa accepted recommendations to increase the salaries of politicians and other government officials by 3%.
“Because of the prevailing and difficult economic conditions, it was important that the remuneration of the public office-bearers be adjusted to enable them to cope with the rising costs of living.
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