According to the LPC’s audited 2024 Annual Financial Statements, the cost of running this bloated apparatus rivals the executive tiers of national government. In 2024, a South African Cabinet Minister tasked with running an entire state portfolio earned a total remuneration package of R2,689,937. By contrast, LPC CEO Charity Ntuza commanded a total package of R3,239,104 (inclusive of a R300,000 travel allowance and benefits), comfortably out-earning the package of the very