{"id":7951,"date":"2023-03-26T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzncogta.gov.za\/?p=7951"},"modified":"2025-07-29T18:10:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:10:32","slug":"mec-sithole-moloi-delivers-good-news-to-amakhosi-concerning-the-back-pay-of-izinduna-and-traditional-council-secretaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/index.php\/2023\/03\/26\/mec-sithole-moloi-delivers-good-news-to-amakhosi-concerning-the-back-pay-of-izinduna-and-traditional-council-secretaries\/","title":{"rendered":"MEC SITHOLE-MOLOI DELIVERS GOOD NEWS TO AMAKHOSI CONCERNING THE BACK PAY OF  IZINDUNA AND TRADITIONAL COUNCIL SECRETARIES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"597\" src=\"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-23-at-12.06.55.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9799\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>THE LONG WAIT FOR THE BACK-PAY OF IZINDUNA SALARIES IS OVER<br>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-f72f9f4 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><br>This week, we delivered the much-welcomed news concerning the back pay of salaries for Izinduna, which were due in 2013\u20132016, during a meeting that we had with the KZN Provincial House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders (PHTKL) on Wednesday, March 23.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-c715f17 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><br>\u00a0<br>In the meeting, which included the Chairperson of the House, Inkosi R.S. 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