Provinces are going to need to find an additional R100 million a year to pay traditional chiefs and headmen, and the money is likely to come from existing budgets in infrastructure and poverty reduction projects.

President Jacob Zuma, acting on the recommendation of the independent Commission for Remuneration of Public Office Bearers, decided yesterday to standardise the salaries of the country’s more than 5000 headmen to pay a flat annual salary of R84125. It has been determined that traditional leaders’ salaries will be increased by 28.4%.
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