KwaZulu-Natal MEC for co-operative governance and traditional affairs Cogta Thulasizwe Buthelezi says amakhosi and izinduna will, for the first time, receive medical aid and pension benefits.
Buthelezi said the termination of hired office space in Pietermaritzburg would save the department R72m.
The savings...will be used to support amakhosi for the pension fund and medical aid support programme. It is an intervention that Cogta has made to bring stability and security to the house of traditional leadership, he said.