TONY Ehrenreich‚ the Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (Cosatu’s) Western Cape secretary and ANC leader in Cape Town‚ has challenged his DA counterparts to match him in giving away half their income."I spend 50% of my income on social projects‚" Ehrenreich said on Wednesday."I know that (Cape Town mayor Patricia) De Lille and (Western Cape premier Helen) Zille both get huge allowances in addition to their multimillion-rand salaries‚ and I challenge them to declare their income and expenditure."Ehrenreich made the same pledge in January 2015‚ and said he was renewing it because: "I cannot in good faith take a second salary whilst so many of our people are not given jobs."He said he was paid R24‚000 by Cosatu and R26‚000 by the City of Cape Town‚ and received fees for speaking."The huge differences in income and resulting inequality between different sectors of our society are responsible for the breakdown in the social fabric of our society‚" he said."We need to hold leaders an...
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