New salaries for provincial politicians have been gazetted for the Gauteng legislature‚ which consists of 73 members‚ elected every five years on a proportional representation system.

According to calculations by Democratic Alliance councillor Tim Truluck‚ which he shared on Twitter‚ the new salaries range from R158‚477 to R83‚250 per month.

The provincial legislature‚ based at the Johannesburg City Hall‚ is a House comprising the Speaker (who heads up the organisation) and Members of the Provincial Legislature (MPLs) from various political parties‚ according to its official website. Political parties get seats in the legislature through a system of proportional representation – meaning‚ the party with the majority of votes gets the majority of MPLs in the House.

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The Speaker‚ Ms Lentheng Helen Mekgwe (ANC) will from April 1 earn an annual salary of R1.9 million. The leader of the opposition and committee chairpersons will earn R1.2 million. A member of the legislature will earn R1 million.

The Premiers salaries were gazetted in February‚ according to which Gauteng premier David Makhura would earn R2.173 million a year.

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Africa Check revealed last year that the highest-paid members of Parliament were National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete and her counterpart in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP)‚ Thandi Modise‚ who each earned a whopping R2‚716‚798 a year as of April 1 2015‚ according to the government gazette. That averaged out to R226‚400 a month for that period. Cabinet ministers received R2‚309‚262 a year‚ or R192‚439 a month.

As a leader of a minority party‚ the Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema earned R1‚222‚606 a year or R101‚885 a month‚ according to Africa Check. The average MP then earned R1‚033‚434 a year‚ or R86‚120 a month.