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- Politicians – from members of parliament to ministers – received a 3% pay rise in July. The last time they had a raise was in 2019-The average member of parliament earns four times the average salary in South Africa-Two-thirds of registered taxpayers earn less than R150,000 a year
It was a happy July for public office bearers. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a pay increase of 3%, backdated to 1 April 2022. The last time they had a pay raise was in 2019. The average member of parliament is in the top 2% of the taxpayers and out-earns the average salaried worker four times. The average South African salary, according to Stats SA, is R25,304 – roughly R303,000 a year. Two-thirds of the country’s registered taxpayers live on R150,000 or less a year.
— 7 August, 2023Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
