OR TAMBO DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY HAS R1 MILLION POLITICAL ADVISOR IN UNGRADED POST
The OR Tambo District Municipality Mayor has an appointed political advisor at a salary package of R1, 158, 474 in an ungraded position.
According to the reply to a written parliamentary question by me to the MEC for Local Government, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, this whopping amount is R635 343.00 more than the remuneration of the Mayor. For the reply, click here.
The political advisor in the Nelson Mandela Metro enjoys a salary package of approximately R800 000 per annum.
How is it possible that a Metro political advisor earns less than the same incumbent in a smaller, less pressured and demanding District Municipality?
There is a concern that other municipalities in the province are embarking on employing unnecessary so called "political advisors" at inflated salary packages.