SAMWU Condemns New Salaries of Municipal Managers
8 November 2018
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) has learnt with great disappointment the Determination of Upper Limits which regulates the salaries of Municipal Managers.
As Gazetted on the 8th November 2018, City Managers are set to receive an annual salary of R3.9 million while those reporting directly to Municipal Managers will be receiving over R3 million annually.
These increases happen when municipal workers are heavily underpaid, when municipal workers demand a fairer salary increment they are told that their demands are simply unaffordable whereas those sitting in air-conditioned offices are swimming in pools of money, those who are subjected to rain, wind and sun daily are given peanuts.
These increases are extended at a time wherein municipalities are intensifying their strategy of delivering services through the use of the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) hence their reluctance to fill vacancies.