The African National Congress in the Western Cape has requested a meeting with the mayor of Kannaland municipality about the town’s decision to pay a personal assistant a salary of R100‚000 a month.
ANC regional secretary Major Sokopo said: “As the ANC we have called the mayor to come to us and explain what is happening. This move has been done at provincial level. We will have to have a discussion [about the PA] because it is something that is not acceptable.
“We have to have discussion and get a report from her telling us what has happened and how they have arrived at that decision. That municipality cannot have a person that gets that much pay. As the ANC‚ we are saying it is wrong but we want full details about it and we will attend to it after we get the full report.”
The Cape Times reported recently that the PA’s salary was indicated as R100‚000 a month on the council’s agenda — making her salary higher than that of the outgoing municipal manager‚ who received R1.1 million annually‚ equating to R91‚000 a month.
On Wednesday‚ the chief financial officer of the small municipality resigned in the midst of a debt crisis and the news about the personal assistant’s salary.
The Democratic Alliance said a “recovery plan” was urgently needed to deal with the municipality’s debt crisis.
Masizole Mnqasela‚ chairperson of the Standing Committee on Local Government in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament‚ disclosed that as at the end of August 2016‚ the Kannaland Municipality owed debtors R37.6 million‚ in addition to having its primary bank account in overdraft to the tune of R1.82 million.
The Kannaland municipality‚ the mayor of which is Magdalena Barry‚ is situated between Laingsburg‚ Robertson and George in the Western Cape.
ANC wants answers on ‘highly-paid’ PA who earns R100‚000 a month
The African National Congress in the Western Cape has requested a meeting with the mayor of Kannaland municipality about the town’s decision to pay a personal assistant a salary of R100‚000 a month.
ANC regional secretary Major Sokopo said: “As the ANC we have called the mayor to come to us and explain what is happening. This move has been done at provincial level. We will have to have a discussion [about the PA] because it is something that is not acceptable.
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“We have to have discussion and get a report from her telling us what has happened and how they have arrived at that decision. That municipality cannot have a person that gets that much pay. As the ANC‚ we are saying it is wrong but we want full details about it and we will attend to it after we get the full report.”
The Cape Times reported recently that the PA’s salary was indicated as R100‚000 a month on the council’s agenda — making her salary higher than that of the outgoing municipal manager‚ who received R1.1 million annually‚ equating to R91‚000 a month.
On Wednesday‚ the chief financial officer of the small municipality resigned in the midst of a debt crisis and the news about the personal assistant’s salary.
The Democratic Alliance said a “recovery plan” was urgently needed to deal with the municipality’s debt crisis.
Masizole Mnqasela‚ chairperson of the Standing Committee on Local Government in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament‚ disclosed that as at the end of August 2016‚ the Kannaland Municipality owed debtors R37.6 million‚ in addition to having its primary bank account in overdraft to the tune of R1.82 million.
The Kannaland municipality‚ the mayor of which is Magdalena Barry‚ is situated between Laingsburg‚ Robertson and George in the Western Cape.
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