TMG Digital reports that judges will be sacrificing their salary increases for the 2016-17 financial year‚ a move that on Thursday was "welcomed and commended" by MPs in the portfolio committee on justice and correctional services.  

Committee chairperson, Dr Mathole Motshekga, said the decision “shows not only the responsibility of the judiciary‚ but also [its] sensitivity.  The judiciary is leading the way in belt-tightening to save resources in favour of the masses and the poorest of the poor."  Motshekga added that the move showed a responsible judiciary providing leadership "to other institutions, including the private sector".  Depending on their seniority‚ judges’ salaries range from R1.7m a year up to R2.7m for the chief justice‚ according to pay scales published in March 2016. Constitutional Court judges earn R2.1m.

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