Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998 (Act No. 20 of 1998)NoticesDetermination of Upper Limits of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits of different Members of Municipal Councils - effective 1 July 202415. Tools of trade |
(1) A municipal council may extend the following tools of trade to a councillor:
TOOLS OF TRADE |
APPLICABLE TO: |
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(a) |
Braille reader |
All visually impaired councillors |
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(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. |
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(c) |
Laptop or tablet |
All councillors |
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(d) |
Official accommodation and furniture where it currently exists |
Full-time Executive Mayors or Mayors |
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(e) |
Business cards; Calculators; Letter-heads; Stationery; and Diaries |
Part-time councillors and the usage must comply with policy directives of the municipality |
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(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 |
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(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:
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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. |