Ministers and other politicians are exempt from paying water and electricity rates despite earning between R2 million and R2.4 million a year.
One of the entrances to the Bryntirion Estate, the official residence of the president and vice president as well as many cabinet ministers, 12 July 2022, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
The revision to the ministerial handbook states that the Department of Public Works will now pay for the water and electricity at state-owned residences. The president said in June that the salaries would be increased by 3% and would be backdated to April 2021.Despite the public outrage over the salary increases, Parliament said the hikes were necessary for the politicians to cope with the increase in the cost of living.
In March, the DA revealed that Cabinet had apparently blown more than R20 million in public funds on buying fuel and brand new luxury vehicles for ministers and deputy ministers over the past three years.
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