This week, Die Burger shocked its readers with an article claiming that the Municipal Managers of the Western Cape were being overpaid by millions of rands. The blogosphere was soon quoting it and attention in Knysna and Plettenberg Bay was avid and comments explosive. Bitou’s Allen Paulse topped the local red list by earning R564 555 p/a more than is permitted. Knysna’s Lauren Waring was R203 633 over the top. The situation cooled slightly when James-Brent Styan, the Spokesperson for Anton Bredell, the MEC for Local Government in the Western … Read the full article…