Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998 (Act No. 20 of 1998)

Notices

Determination of Upper Limits of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits of Different Members of Municipal Councils

15. Tools of trade
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(1)        A municipal council may extend the following tools of trade to a councillor:

 

NO.

TOOLS OF TRADE

APPLICABLE TO:

(a)

Braille reader

All visually impaired councillors

(b)

Office space and furniture;

Parking bay;

Business cards;

Calculators;

Letter-heads;

Stationery;

Toner cartridges;

Diaries;

Postage costs;

Office telephone; and

Appropriate mobile technology and multi-digital office (excluding cell phones and mobile data card as per item 11 and 12), including facsimile, printer, photocopier and scanner.

Full-time councillors, part-time executive mayors or mayor, part-time deputy executive mayors or deputy mayors, part-time speakers, part-time members of mayoral committee or members of executive committee, part-time chairpersons of oversight committees, and whips.

(c)

Laptop or tablet

All councillors

(d)

Official accommodation and furniture where it currently exists

Full-time Executive Mayors or Mayors

(e)

Business cards;

Calculators;

Letter-heads;

Stationery; and

Diaries

Part-time councillors and the usage must comply with policy directives of the municipality

(f)

Postage costs;

Office telephone; and

Multi-digital office, facsimile, printer, photocopier and scanner.

Part-time councillor to have access to these tools of trade at the municipal offices

(g)

Personal security
(i) Executive Mayor, Mayor, Deputy Executive Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Speaker or Whip are entitled to two bodyguards. Deviation from the norm may only be based on the recommendations of the South African Police Service.
(ii)All councillors, subject to a threat and risk analysis conducted by the South African Police Service.

 

(2) If a municipal council makes available tools of trade in terms of sub-item (1), such a municipal council must take into account accessibility, affordability and cost control, equity, flexibility, simplicity, transparency, accountability and value of tools of trade.

 

(3) The tools of trade must be insured by the council with the exception of sub-item (1)(g).

 

(4)The application of sub-item (1) is subject to concurrence by the MEC for local government in the province.