Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act No. 56 of 2003)Chapter 14 : General Treasury Matters167. Councillors’ remuneration |
| (1) | A municipality may remunerate its political office-bearers and members of its political structures, but only— |
| (a) | within the framework of the Public Office-Bearers Act, 1998 (Act No. 20 of 1998), setting the upper limits of the salaries, allowances and benefits for those political office-bearers and members; and |
| (b) | in accordance with section 219(4) of the Constitution. |
| (2) | Any remuneration paid or given in cash or in kind to a person as a political office-bearer or as a member of a political structure of a municipality otherwise than in accordance with subsection (1), including any bonus, bursary, loan, advance or other benefit, is an irregular expenditure, and the municipality— |
| (a) | must, and has the right to, recover that remuneration from the political office-bearer or member; and |
| (b) | may not write off any expenditure incurred by the municipality in paying or giving that remuneration. |
| (3) | The MEC for local government in a province must report to the provincial legislature— |
| (a) | any transgressions of subsection (1); and |
| (b) | any non-compliance with sections 17(3)(k)(i) and (ii) and 124(1)(n). |