PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has been ranked among the world’s five highest paid presidents.
According to global media group CNN surveys published yesterday, Zuma was ranked as the fourth highest paid president in the world.
List of world leaders’ salaries:
Barack Obama (United States) – R5 million
Stephen Harper (Canada) – R3.2 million
Angela Merkel (Germany) – R2.9 million
Jacob Zuma (South Africa) – R2.75 million
David Cameron (United Kingdom) – R2.6 million
Shinzo Abe (Japan) – R2.5 million
Francois Hollande (France) – R2.4 million
Vladimir Putin (Russia) – R1.7 million
Matteo Renzi (Italy) – R1.5 million
Dilma Rousseff (Brazil) – R1.47 million
Narendra Modi (India) – R372 000
Xi Jiping (China) – R270 000