It’s official: Zuma world's highest paid, worst value-for-money president

While digging around on the web yesterday, I came across some fascinating data compiled by global network news channel CNN. The Atlanta-based team scoured through Government accounts to compare salaries paid to heads of State.

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What drew my attention to the results was how South Africa’s Jacob Zuma ranked fourth overall, his $223 500 a year package squeezing him between Angela Merkel and David Cameron. But comparing nominal numbers can be like listing the earnings of someone running a branch office against those of his group’s CEO. A better reflection of taxpayer value is derived by comparing the leader’s salary with the size of the economy they run – how many dollars each President is paid for every $1bn of their nation’s Gross Domestic Product. More...