Xolani Khumalo
Union federation COSATU has criticised president Cyril Ramaphosa’s approval of salary increases for public office-bearers calling the move “tone-deaf” and “beyond shameful”.
Members of the national executive National Assembly and permanent delegates to the National Council of Provinces will receive a 3.5-percent increase.
COSATU’s Matthew Parks says they support the increase adjustment for magistrates, arguing that they are a skilled professional group whose retention is important.
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“We believe that this hike for public representatives remains excessive and sends an increasingly frustrated public of a political elite out of touch with the lived realities of ordinary South Africans,” said Parks.
Four-percent increase is earmarked for judges and magistrates in the Constitutional Court and other courts.
