Chairperson, Eskom is operating in an accountability vacuum, if we note the billions of rand lost due to mismanagement and the resulting load-shedding that cost South Africa R2 billion a day. And, yet, the CEO, Mr Jacob Maroga, gets a 27% pay hike!
Is this the message being conveyed by the ANC government - that it rewards a slapdash manager with a pay increase that is double the inflation rate? How is it remotely conceivable that such actions would lead to accountability at other state-owned enterprises if their managers are rewarded for wasting money?
South Africans need seriously to ask if this is the kind of government they deserve; one which increases electricity prices during one of the toughest times faced by consumers, but goes out of its way to protect and reward incompetence. I thank you.