Government Gazette

Vol. 401, No. 19470, 1998

No. 115

PROCLAMATION

by the President of the Republic of South Africa

DETERMINATION OF THE UPPER LIMIT OF THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF PREMIERS, MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCILS AND MEMBERS OF PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES

In terms of.section 6 (1) of the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998 (Act No. 20 of 1998) (hereafter "the Remuneration Act"), I hereby determine the upper limit of the salaries and allowances to be paid annually to Premiers, members of Executive Councils and members of provincial legislatures specified in Column 1 of the Schedule and who, for the purpose of this determination, are categorised under the grades specified in Column 1, to be as specified in Column 2 of that Schedule.

In terms of section 6 (4) of the Remuneration Act, l determine the amount of R40,000 per annum as that portion of the remuneration of a Premier, a member of an Executive Council and a member of a provincial legislature to which section 8 (1) (d) of the Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962), shall apply.

In this Proclamation, unless the context indicates otherwise, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Remuneration Act, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, or the relevant Rules and Orders contemplated in section 116 of the Constitution, bears that meaning.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Pretoria this Thirteenth day of November, One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-eight.

N. R. MANDELA
President

By order of the President-in-Cabinet:

M. V. MOOSA
Minister of the Cabinet

SCHEDULE

UPPER LIMIT OF THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF PREMIERS, MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCILS AND MEMBERS OF PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES

Column 1 Column 2
Grade Office Basic Salary in Rand per annum* Motor verhicle allowance in Rand per annum Total Remuneration in Rand per annum
Grade F
  • Premier
 398 295 99 575 497 870
Grade E1
  • Executive Council Member
  • Speaker
 323 730 80 932 404 662
Grade D
  • Deputy Speaker
 263 664 65 916 329 580
Grade C1
  • Chief Whip
 255 488 63 872 319 360
Grade C2
  • Leader of the Official Opposition
  • Chairperson of a Committee of a Legislature
  • Chairperson of Committees
 247 605 61 901 309 506
Grade B
  • Chief Whip: Official Opposition
  • Deputy Chief Whip: Majority Party
  • Deputy Chairperson of Committees
 237 645 59 412 297 057

 

 
Grade A1
  • Leader of a Legislature
  • Whiip
  • Leader of a Monority Party other than the Official Opposition
 211 385 52 846 264 231
Grade A2
  • Member of a Legislature
 203 578 50 895 254 473

* Includes the amount of R40,000 per annum determined in this Proclamation as the amount to which section 8 (1) (d) of the Income Tax Act, 1962, shall apply.