En garde! Mayors are only allowed two bodyguards

Executive mayors, mayors and municipal speakers have been told they cannot have more than two bodyguards. But if they do, such a deviation can only come based on recommendations by Saps.

Councillors may also be accorded personal security subject to a threat and risk analysis, also conducted by the police.

This is contained in the gazetted “determination of upper limits of salaries, allowances and benefits of different members of municipal councils”.

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