Speaker, I really take exception to the notion that I am saying the media is lying. I am saying that sloppy arithmetic was done. Eskom then provided a rectification, which, Mr Van Dyk, the media carried. The media carried that rectification. If you did not pick it up or your researcher did not pick it up, don't blame the media.
Secondly, you want to know the average salary and the packages. The average salary of members of Eskom's executive in 2009-10 was R2 184 000, and includes that of executive committee members who were not employed for the full year. If the latter are excluded, then the average salary equals R2 821 000. An average of R1 001 000 was paid in performance bonuses to those executive committee members who served a full term, resulting in a total average remuneration package of R3 822 000. A total amount of R297 000 was paid in financial perks. Those financial perks refer to a vehicle-operating fleet card, security at R19 000 per annum, an annual membership of two professional institutes and a driver from the fleet pool. That is the full extent of the package to the executives.
Let me add that every Eskom employee gets a 13th salary cheque and a performance bonus. There is no Eskom employee who does not get a performance bonus. So, the notion that senior managers are the only people getting performance bonuses is completely misguided. As I have said before, the actual increase that was granted to the top senior executive committee members was 18,35%.
The unions negotiated, for this coming year, an increase of 9% together with the R1 500 housing allowance, bearing in mind that the R9 000 does not include the salary cheque or the performance 13th bonus to which workers will be entitled. Now, I do ... [Interjections.] [Time expired.]