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

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Determination of Upper Limits of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits of different Members of Municipal Councils - effective 1 July 2023

6. Upper limit of annual total remuneration package or allowance in respect of councillors appointed to a district council
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(1) A councillor appointed to a district council in terms of section 23(1)(b) of the Structures Act, may be paid the upper limit of the total remuneration package or allowance as follows:
(a) If a councillor is elected or appointed as speaker, mayor, executive mayor, member of a mayoral committee, member of an executive committee, chairperson of a section 79 or section 79A committee or part-time member of a district council, such councillor is entitled to an amount equal to the difference between the total remuneration package that a councillor receives as a member of the local council and the total remuneration package allocated to that office in the district council in terms of items 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, as the case may be.
(b) If the total remuneration package payable to a councillor as a member of the local council is equal to or higher than the total remuneration package that an appointed councillor to the district council receives, such a councillor is, in addition to the total remuneration package received at the local council, entitled to a sitting allowance not exceeding R 1,214.88: Provided that this allowance is limited to R 1,214.88 per day, regardless of the number of meetings of the district council or committees of that council that are attended by such councillor on a specific day.

 

(2) A district municipality is responsible for—
(a) the payment of the remuneration or the allowance referred to in sub-item (1);
(b) the reimbursement of travel expenses not exceeding the applicable tariffs prescribed by the national department responsible for transport for the use of privately-owned vehicles incurred by a councillor for the execution of official duties on behalf of that district municipality, in terms of that district council’s policy; and
(c) the payment of cell phone expenses not exceeding 50% of the applicable allowances as prescribed under item 11 incurred by a part-time councillor for the execution of official duties on behalf of that district municipality, in terms of that district council’s policy.