News24 reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed off on a determination to increase the salaries of all public office bearers such as cabinet ministers, members of parliament, judges, magistrates and traditional leaders by 3%.

However, the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers had recommended a 3.8% salary increment for public office bearers for the 2022/2023 financial year. “Having considered the commission’s recommendations and serious economic challenges facing the country, the president has decided that the salaries of all public office bearers be increased by 3%," Vincent Magwenya, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson indicated. The effective date for the adjustment of the salaries of Public Office Bearers (POBs) is 1 April 2022, with the exception of the local government POBs which is with effect from 1 July 2022. During its consultations, the commission reported that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana "pleaded with the commission to consider the prevailing adverse economic conditions and the extent to which the general population is affected by the low economic state in which the country finds itself." Godongwana unsuccessfully recommended a 1.5% increase, plus a once-off cash payment meaning their baseline salaries would not increase in coming years.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jason Felix at News24

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