Ramaphosa signs off 3.5% pay rise for politicians

Detailed summary

The raise also covers deputy ministers, MEC and provincial legislatures, and follows a review by the remuneration commission.

Now take the same review and apply it to SOE and all those state agencies. Things that were departments now are SOE/agencies and have a CEO that earns millions – a lot more than a DG that would have been two more HR levels above that department head .

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