Given that the hon Minister was less than clear in his answer to my last question, let me be more than clear in my framing of this one. Could the Minister state unambiguously that the strategic appointments in SOEs need to be made on the basis of merit given the parlous state of Eskom and the risk of a crucial strategic entity failing? If that is the case as it should be given the enormity of the consequences, why should this not apply to all SOEs, the vast majority who represent an unsustainable drain on the fiscus especially