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earningsNews24 reports that the government has published a proclamation setting out the revised salaries of traditional leaders.

President Cyril Ramaphosa this week signed a government notice that will see the annual salaries of kings and queens bumped up retrospectively from April 2024 to R1,388,764 from R1,354,892 previously. The adjustment will apply to Zulu King MisuZulu kaZwelithini's annual salary. The President repealed the previous traditional leaders' salaries' notice, which was issued in August 2023. A principal traditional leader will now be paid an annual salary of R1,277.668, from R1,246,505, while the salary of a senior traditional leader will increase from R296,066 to R303,467. Other increases include the following: National House of Traditional Leaders chairperson from R1,019,809 to R1,045,305; Deputy chairperson of the National House of Traditional Leaders from R780,001 to R799 501; Full-time chairperson of a Provincial House of Traditional Leaders from R839,955 to R860,954; Deputy chairperson of a Provincial House of Traditional Leaders from R719,842 to R737,838.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Soyiso Maliti at News24


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