Government Gazette

Vol. 437, No. 22789, 2 November 2001

Regulation Gazette, No. 7194

No. R. 54, 2001

PROCLAMATION

by the President of the Republic of South Africa

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

AMENDMENT OF PROCLAMATION No. R. 56, 2000, PUBLISHED IN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, No. 21602 OF 28 SEPTEMBER 2000

By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 6 (1) of the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998 (Act No. 20 of 1998), I hereby amend Proclamation No. R. 56, 2000, with effect from 28 September 2000-

  1. by the substitution for paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the following paragraphs, respectively:
  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 Schedule 1 shall be as set out in Column 2, 3 or 4 of that Schedule with effect from 1 April 2000, subject to section 6 (7) (a) and (b) of the Remuneration Act.
  2. Column 4 of Schedule 1 (Notch 3) applies to a re-elected member who at any time has occupied his or her current office, or an office in the same or a higher grade according to Schedule 2, for a period of at least 24 months in total, whether continuous or not, and whether before or after 2 June 1999.
  3. Column 3 of Schedule 1 (Notch 2) applies to all re-elected members other than those referred to in paragraph 2. When a re-elected member to whom Column 3 of Schedule 1 applies has held his or her current office, or an office in the same or a higher grade according to Schedule 2, for a period of 24 months in total, 'whether continuous or not, Column 4 of Schedule 1 (Notch 3) becomes applicable to that member.
  4. Column 2 of Schedule 1 (Notch 1) applies to all members of Provincial Legislatures 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 who-
  1. was a member of Parliament or a Provincial Legislature on 1 June 1999; and
  2. pursuant to the elections of 2 June 1999, was designated by the Electoral Commission as a member of the National Assembly or a Provincial Legislature, or appointed as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) in terms of section 61 (2) (b) of the. Constitution, is regarded to have continued to occupy the position occupied by him or her on 1 June 1999 until so designated or appointed";
  1. by the substitution, in paragraphs 6 and 7, for the expression "the Schedule", wherever it appears, of the expression "Schedule 1 ";
  1. in paragraph 8-

(i) by the insertion of the following definition before the definition of "re-elected member":

"member of Parliament" means a member of the National Assembly or a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces;"; and

(ii) by the substitution for the definition of "re-elected member" of the following definition:

"re-elected member" means member of a Provincial Legislature-

  1. who at any time before 2 June 1999 occupied an office mentioned in Schedule 2; and
  2. whose service in any one or more of those offices has not been interrupted at any time for a continuous period of more than 24 months."; and
  1. by the addition of Schedule 2, the existing Schedule becoming Schedule 1.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Cape Town this Twenty-fourth day of October, Two Thousand and One.

T. M. MBEKI
President

By Order of the President-in-Cabinet:

G. J. FRASER-MOLEKETI
Minister of the Cabinet

SCHEDULE 1

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

COLUMN 1

COLUMN 2

COLUMN 3

COLUMN 4

Grade

Office

Basic Salary in Rand p.a.

Motor vehicle allowance in Rand p.a

Total Remun-
eration in Rand p.a

Basic Salary in Rand p.a.

Motor vehicle allowance in Rand p.a.

Total Remun-
eration in Rand p.a.

Basic Salary in Rand p.a.

Motor vehicle allowance in Rand p.a.

Total Remun-
eration in Rand p.a.

Grade F

Premier

435 027

108 757

543 784

456 778

114 195

570 973

478 530

119 632

598 162

Grade E1

Executive Council Member Speaker

353 584

88 396

441 980

371 263

92 816

464 079

388 942

97 236

486 178

Grade D

Deputy Speaker

274 210

68 553

342 763

293 405

73 351

 366 756 301 631 77 408

377 039

GradeC1

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 116 (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 B

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

324 386

271 866

67 967

339 833

Grade A1

Leader of 4a 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

60 456

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 Proclamation No. R56, 2000 as the amount to which section 8(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1962, applies.

SCHEDULE2

Grade

Office

Grade F.

  • Minister (National Executive Authority)

  • Premier of Province

  • Speaker: National Assembly

  • Chairperson: National Council of Provinces (NCOP)

Grade E1

  • Deputy Minister (National Executive Authority)

  • Deputy Speaker: National Assembly

  • Deputy Chairperson: NCOP

  • Member of the Executive Council of a Province

  • Speaker: Provincial Legislature (Prov. Leg.)

Grade E2

  • Parliamentary Counsellor: President

  • Chief Whip: Majority Party in National Assembly 

  • Chief Whip of NCOP 

  • Leader of the Opposition in terms of section 57 (2) (d) of the Constitution

Grade D

  • Parliamentary Counsellor: Deputy President

  • Deputy Speaker: Prov. Leg.

Grade C1

  • Chairperson of a Committee of a House of Parliament or a Joint Committee

  • Chairperson of Committees of a House of Parliament

  • Chief Whip of Majority Party: Prov. Leg

Grade C2

  • Chief Whip: Official Opposition/Largest Minority Party in a House of Parliament

  • Deputy Chief Whip: Majority Party in a House of Parliament

  • Deputy Chairperson of Committees of a House of Parliament

  • Leader of Opposition in terms of section 116 (2) (d) of the

  • Constitution: Prov. Leg.

  • Chairperson of a Committee of a Provincial Legislature•

  • Deputy Chairperson of Committees: Prov. Leg.
Grade B

  • Leader of a House of Parliament

  • Whip in a House of Parliament

  • Leader of a Minority Party other than the Official Opposition where

  • that Leader is a member of the National Assembly or a permanent

  • delegate to the NCOP ,

  • Chief Whip of Official Opposition/Largest Minority Party: Prov. Leg.

  • Deputy Chief Whip of Majority Party: Prov. Leg.

  • Deputy Chairperson of Committees: Prov. Leg.
Grade A1

  • Member of the National Assembly

  • Permanent Delegate to the NCOP

  • Leader of Provincial Legislature

  • Whip: Prov. Legislature

  • Leader of a Minority Party in a Provincial Legislature other than the Official Opposition
Grade A2
  • Member of a Provincial Legislature