KWAZULU-NATAL MEC for cooperative governance and traditional affairs Nomusa Dube has tasked a team to investigate pay increases for officials at Abaqulusi municipality in Vryheid.
Sowetan reported yesterday that the municipality had agreed to increase the pay of officials with a package of almost R5million.
The council passed a resolution to increase packages of the municipal manager from R895420 to R950000; chief financial officer from R625695 to R770000; director: technical services from R724953 to R768000; director: planning from R636705 to R700000; director: cooperate services from R640000 to R700000 and director: community services from R571950 to R700000.
Dube said what was alarming was that in some instances the increases boiled down to a whopping 23percent.
She said the municipality was faced with service delivery backlogs and a series of public protests over basic services and poor infrastructure.
The unfortunate development in Vryheid comes hot on the heels of a directive by the MEC that there should be no salary increments or bonuses for councillors and municipal officials in local authorities with perpetual poor performance and service delivery backlogs.
MEC launches probe of whopping pay hikes
KWAZULU-NATAL MEC for cooperative governance and traditional affairs Nomusa Dube has tasked a team to investigate pay increases for officials at Abaqulusi municipality in Vryheid.
Sowetan reported yesterday that the municipality had agreed to increase the pay of officials with a package of almost R5million.
The council passed a resolution to increase packages of the municipal manager from R895420 to R950000; chief financial officer from R625695 to R770000; director: technical services from R724953 to R768000; director: planning from R636705 to R700000; director: cooperate services from R640000 to R700000 and director: community services from R571950 to R700000.
Dube said what was alarming was that in some instances the increases boiled down to a whopping 23percent.
She said the municipality was faced with service delivery backlogs and a series of public protests over basic services and poor infrastructure.
The unfortunate development in Vryheid comes hot on the heels of a directive by the MEC that there should be no salary increments or bonuses for councillors and municipal officials in local authorities with perpetual poor performance and service delivery backlogs.
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