Parliament CEO Xolile George’s pay rise shocker

Speaker and NCOP chair quietly approve 70% increase, then lie about it

08 October 2023 - 00:05

Parliament has quietly handed its CEO, Xolile George, a salary hike of almost 70% to a whopping R4.4m despite insisting last year he would be earning much less than he had been as head of another government agency...

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