South Africa’s ministers and deputy ministers – who draw a salary of between R2 million and R2.5 million a year – don’t have to pay a cent for water and electricity thanks to changes to the ministerial handbook earlier this year.
– do not have to pay for water and electricity thanks to changes to the ministerial handbook earlier this year.
According to the City Press, cabinet members are also exempt from load shedding as their private residences in Pretoria are on the same grid as the union buildings, which cannot be powered down due to its status as a national key point. Power utility Eskom suspended load shedding on Saturday after more than a month of rolling blackouts.
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