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News24 reports that eThekwini ANC Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda has defended municipal manager Musa Mbhele's salary increase as well as the controversial R1.7 million spent on an awards event for municipal employees.
In a closed meeting, the council approved a waiver application to place Mbhele on the maximum of the upper limits of the total remuneration package of R3.9 million – a notch below President Cyril Ramaphosa's annual R4.1 million pay. Kaunda said there had been "a lot of noise" about the application and explained: “We've been having an abnormal situation where the City manager is compensated less than the people he heads as the head of administration. We're correcting that. We've approved the decision and the application will go to the Cogta minister, who will make a determination on the upper limit." In the same council meeting, the ANC/EFF-led council approved almost R11 million for awards, a hip-hop festival, the commemoration of national holidays and picnics, among other events. Kaunda commented: "We have noted the concerns raised by the awards. It is a normal practice that every organisation motivates their employees and boosts their morale." He added that it was "incorrect" and "mischievous" to suggest that the City had redirected a budget meant for other services. The DA said it would ask the Auditor-General to look into whether around R11 million spent on "useless'' awards and festivals constituted wasteful expenditure.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Soyiso Maliti at News24
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