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

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 section 79 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

Executive Mayor, Mayor, Deputy Executive Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Speaker and Whip are entitled to two bodyguards per shift of a two-shift system. Deviation from the norm may only be based on the recommendations of the South African Police Service.

In the event that a written report is received concerning a threat and risk to the personal security of any of the office-bearers referred to above, the municipal council must:

All councillors, subject to a threat and risk analysis conducted by the South African Police Service.