By Kim Saulse
12 November 2009
Members of Parliament, Cabinet ministers and President Jacob Zuma are in line for an eight-percent salary increase backdated to the 1st of April.
Judge Willie Serote says the politicians might get the increase paid out before Christmas.
Presenting the decision of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers, Serote, who is its chairperson, said the increase took account of inflation as well as the global economic crisis and its effect on South Africa.
The figure is above the inflation forecasts for this and next year.
12 November 2009
Members of Parliament, Cabinet ministers and President Jacob Zuma are in line for an eight-percent salary increase backdated to the 1st of April.
Judge Willie Serote says the politicians might get the increase paid out before Christmas.
Presenting the decision of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers, Serote, who is its chairperson, said the increase took account of inflation as well as the global economic crisis and its effect on South Africa.
The figure is above the inflation forecasts for this and next year.
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