Remuneration of municipal councilors
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In the highly effective and efficient municipalities of the pre-1994 dispensation municipal, councillors received no remuneration (expect for small allowances to recover costs incurred in executing their duties). And yet, things operated well; actually, excellently – although, regrettable, accessible to any some members of the larger local communities. Nowadays councillors are remunerated… (o well, let me try not to be rude…) … very well. And municipalities are collapsing.
The salaries and benefits of municipal councillors are determined by the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998; and then (currently) specifically the regulations titled Determination of upper limits of salaries, wages and benefits of different members of municipal councillors (the September 2023 version).
Depending on the classification of a municipality, in terms of its population and revenue collected, remuneration vary between full-time and part-time councillors, with salaries varying substantially between the two. (The determination of who are “full-time” councillors are done by the MEC for local government in a Province).
