CHIEF OF STAFF
ANC denounces Joburg official’s salary increase
Salary hike for mayor Mashaba’s chief of staff ‘a flagrant abuse of power and state resources’
Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba’s chief of staff’s salary has been increased by R500,000 per annum. The ANC in Johannesburg has labelled Michael Beaumont’s salary adjustment from R1,351,690 to R1,841,096 per annum as "a flagrant abuse of power and state resources". Spokesman for the ANC in Johannesburg, Jolidee Matongo, alleged in a statement on Monday that Beaumont gave himself the increase. Mashaba’s office has however hit back at allegations that there was any impropriety involved in Beaumont’s salary adjustment, stating that it was "libellous" against Beaumont and Mashaba. "It has no basis in truth," Mashaba’s spokesman Luyanda Mfeka said. He said Beaumont was not involved in the grading of his position and remuneration and it was signed off by the city’s top authority, including the city manager and the group head of corporate and shared services. The allegations regarding Beaumont’s salary increase come a day before mayoral committee member for finance Rabelani Dagada’s budg...
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