Cosatu says the officials are being rewarded despite municipalities collapsing.
City of Tshwane Samwu members on strike. Cosatu wants Treasury and Parliament to stop salary hikes for municipal bosses. Photo; Gallo Images.on Friday lambasted government for the yet-to-be-approved salary increments for municipal bosses, while workers are still owed previous payments and other benefits.If approved, a mayor at a metro and other municipalities that fall under Grade 6, will take home R1.5 million a year, while MMCs and whips will pocket R1.1 million.
“They’re committing fraud and violating numerous labour and pension laws by routinely refusing to pay their employees, even though they deduct contributions but fail to transfer them to respective funds. “These proposed backdated increases reflect a leadership that is out of touch with the dire economic constraints facing the country, and the chaos that local government has fallen into under their watch,” Parks said.
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