Government Gazette

Vol. 423, No. 21602, 28 September 2000

Regulation Gazette, No.6891

No. R. 56, 2000

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

  1. In terms of section 6(1) of the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998 (Act No. 20 of 1998) ("the Remuneration Act"), I hereby determine that the upper limit of the annual salaries and allowances of the various grades of office bearers mentioned in Column 1 of the Schedule shall be as set out in Column 2, 3 or 4 of the Schedule with effect from 1 April 2000, subject to section 6(7)(a) and (b) of the Remuneration Act.

  2. Column 4 of the Schedule applies to a re-elected member who has occupied his or her current office, or an office in the same or a higher grade according to Column 1 of the Schedule, for a continuous period of at least 24 months in total, whether before or after 2 June 1999.

  3. Column 3 of the Schedule applies to all re-elected members other than those referred to in paragraph 2. When a re-elected member to whom Column 3 applies has held his or her current office, or an office in the same or a higher grade according to Column 1, for a continuous period of 24 months in total, Column 4 becomes applicable to that member.

  4. Column 2 of the Schedule applies to all members of a Provincial Legislature who are not re-elected members.

  5. For the purposes of calculating the period of 24 months referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, a re-elected member is regarded to have continued to be a member of a Provincial Legislature during the period 2 June 1999 until the date on which he or she was designated as such a member pursuant to the elections of that date.

  6. In terms of section 6(4) of the Remuneration Act, I determine the amount of R40 000, 00 per annum as that portion of the remuneration of an office bearer mentioned in Column 1 of the Schedule to which section 8(1)(d) of the Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962), applies.

  7. Except for the salaries and allowances provided for in this Proclamation, the office-bearers mentioned in Column 1 of the Schedule are not entitled to any other remuneration, whether directly or indirectly, in respect of the offices held by them.
    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; and

"re-elected member" means a person who -

  1. immediately before 2 June 1999 was a member of a Provincial Legislature; and
  2. following the election of 2 June 2000, was designated as such a member by the Electoral Commission.
  1. Proclamation No.113 of 1999, published in the Government Gazette of 19 November 1999, is hereby repealed.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Pretoria this Twenty-sixth day of September Two thousand.


T M MBEKI
By order of the President-in-Cabinet

G J F-RASER-MOLEKETI
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 COLUMN2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4
Grade Office Basic Salary in Rand p.a Motor vehicle allowance in Rand p.a Total Remune ration in Rand p.a Basic Salary in Rand p.a Motor vehicle allowance in Rand p.a Total Remu- neration in Rand p.a Basic Salary in Rand p.a Total Remu- neration in Rand p.a Total Remu- neration in Rand p.a
Grade F Premier 435 027 108 757 543 784 456 778 114195 570 973 478 530 119 632 598 162
Grade E1 Executive Council MemberSpeaker  342 584  99 396 441 980 371 263 92 816 464 079 388 942 97 236 486 178
Grade D Deputy Speaker 274 210 68 553 342 783 293 405 73 351 386 756 301 831 75 408 377 039
Grade C1 Chief Whip: Majority Party 265 707 66 427 332 134 284 306 71 077 355 383 292 278 73 069 365 347
Grade C2 Leader of Opposition in terms of Section 118(2)(d) of the Constitution Chairperson of a Committee of a Legislature Chairperson of Committees 257 509 64 377 321 886 275 534 68 884 344 418 283 260 70 815 354 075
Grade 8 Chief Whip: Official Opposition / Larges Minority Party Deputy Chief Whip: Majority Party Deputy Chairperson of Committees 247 151 61 788 308 939 259 509 64 877 324 388 271 886 67 967 339 833
Grade A1 Leader of a Legislature Whip Leader of a Minority Party in a  Legislature other than the Official Opposition 219 840 54 960 274 800 235 229 58 807 294 036 241 824 60 458 302 280
Grade A2 Member of a Legislature 211 722 52 930 264 652 218 074 54 518 272 592 232 894 58 223 291 117

* Includes the amount of R40 000 per annum determined by the President in this Proclamation as the amount which section 8(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1962, applies