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The Citizen writes that the increase in ministerial positions for the government of national unity (GNU) has raised questions about the cost of SA’s bloated cabinet.
The annual salaries for the 32 ministers and 42 deputy ministers will reach a little over R180 million per year. Ministers will annually get R2.68 million, while their deputies will pocket R2.2 million. Additionally, the executives have been collectively allocated R500 million for private security and an additional R390 million for support staff. Choosing to not participate in the GNU, but rather apply pressure from the opposition benches, ActionSA highlighted the cost of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet. ActionSA president Herman Mashaba accused the ANC and DA of forgetting their principles when the possibility for personal gain presented itself. He stated: “South Africans have been calling for a reduction in the size of Cabinet for years given that our country has one of the largest cabinets in the world in the context of a country where most of its citizens languish in poverty and struggle to keep up with the cost of living.” In May 2023, new Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber began promoting the DA’s Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Amendment Bill. “South African taxpayers are forced to pay close to R1 billion every year to fund perks such as VIP security, support staff, luxury vehicles, as well as free water and electricity for cabinet cadres,” wrote Schreiber in 2023 at a time when the salaries were fractionally lower.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jarryd Westerdale at The Citizen
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