In line with a national agreement, municipal councillors will receive a pay hike from July.
This is according to a city statement on Cape Town's budget presentation, but is applicable across the country.
Plato called on all councillors to donate back-pay of their cost of living increase to the Mayor’s Special Fund for food relief initiatives. The Covid-19 budget impact is budgeted at R3.8bn, including more than R900m of additional Covid-19 expenditure.In his speech to council, Plato said: “We know that many have already lost their jobs or fallen on hard times. That’s why we are expanding indigent relief to persons earning R7,000 per month or less, and increasing the rates discount for many in this category.”
More than 70% of the monthly costs of basic service provision comes from rates and tariff income, the city said. Since the national lockdown commenced at level 5, the city had recorded a loss of income from rates and tariffs, MyCiTi public transport fares, the suspension of events by the Cape Town Stadium and Cape Town International Convention Centre, and parking and development fee decreases, among others.
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