Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998 (Act No. 20 of 1998)4. Salaries and allowances of Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers |
| (1) | The Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers shall be entitled to such salaries and allowances as may be determined by the President from time to time by proclamation in the Gazette, after taking into consideration— |
| (a) | the recommendations of the Commission; |
| (b) | the role, status, duties, functions and responsibilities of a Deputy President, a Minister and a Deputy Minister; |
| (c) | the affordability of different levels of remuneration of political office bearers; |
| (d) | current principles and levels of remuneration in society generally; and |
| (e) | inflationary increases. |
| (2) | Despite the provisions of subsection (1), a Deputy President, a Minister or a Deputy Minister who holds different public offices simultaneously is only entitled to the salary, allowances and benefits of such office for which he or she earns the highest income. |
| (3) | Section 8(1)(d) of the Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962), shall apply to such portion of the remuneration of a Deputy President, a Minister or a Deputy Minister as the President may from time to time determine, as if that portion was an allowance granted as contemplated in that section. |
| (4) | The President may determine different portions under subsection (3) in respect of different amounts of remuneration. |
| (5) | Every Deputy President, Minister and Deputy Minister shall be paid the salary and allowances to which such office bearer is entitled in terms of this section in monthly instalments, the first month to be reckoned from the date on which such office bearer begins to perform his or her functions as contemplated in section 95 of the Constitution. |
| (6) | The amount payable in respect of salaries and allowances shall— |
| (a) | in respect of a Deputy President annually form a charge against the National Revenue Fund, and the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed to be an appropriation of every such amount; and |
| (b) | in respect of a Minister and Deputy Minister be paid from monies appropriated by Parliament for that purpose. |
| (7) | Any money paid to a Deputy President, a Minister or Deputy Minister in terms of the Remuneration and Allowances of Executive Deputy Presidents, Ministers and Deputy Ministers Act, 1994 (Act No. 53 of 1994), prior to the coming into operation of this Act, shall be deemed to have been determined as such under this Act. |