
Pressure on Ramaphosa to effect 34% salary increase for magistrates
President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing legal pressure from the Association of Regional Magistrates of Southern Africa (Armsa) to implement a 34% salary increase for magistrates. The court challenge highlights a deepening tension between constitutional obligations to uphold judicial independence and the government’s need to contain South Africa’s ballooning public wage bill, now…