By Lebone Rodah Mosima
KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi has called on the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) to lobby for standardised pay for municipal councillors.
Buthelezi made the call while delivering the keynote address at the SALGA KwaZulu-Natal Members’ Assembly in Pietermaritzburg, saying that the current remuneration formula disadvantaged councillors from smaller municipalities because their pay was determined according to the size or grade of the municipality in which they served.
The current pay structure, including upper limits for municipal office-bearers, is determined each financial year under the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act.
Actual remuneration and allowances are capped according to factors including a municipality’s grade, financial capacity and population size, with municipalities categorised from Grades 1 to 6.
Buthelezi said the system resulted in councillors performing similar functions being paid differently.
“A Ward Councillor from a small or rural municipality has the
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