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BusinessLive reports that the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has urged councillors who lost their seats in 2016’s local government elections to apply for their gratuity payments.
The gratuity — a one-off payment worth about three months’ salary — is aimed at softening the blow for councillors who suffered an unexpected exit from local government. Cogta estimates that it has up to 3,720 outgoing councillors to pay. Cogta spokesman Legadima Leso indicated: "The numbers of how much were paid on December 23 have not been confirmed. We are continuing from there. We said they will all be paid by the first half of this year. This takes time and [we] have many checks and balances. Former councillors are already impatient .... everyone will be paid.” He added that some former councillors have not yet submitted applications. The DA’s Kevin Mileham said the process has taken an unacceptably long time to happen.
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