... R50 million in bonuses over the past four years and Transnet management received R43 million in bonuses in 2008, in just one year. This might be the reason why Minister Barbara Hogan has warned unprofitable state-owned enterprises that they cannot be bailed out indefinitely. One of the most senior Ministers, Minister Trevor Manuel, agreed with her when he announced on 22 October last year in Parliament, during the Adjustments Appropriation Bill, and I quote his statement from Business Day:
Minister Manuel highlighted the accumulation of liabilities by state- owned enterprises as a risk to taxpayers and said the control over their contractual obligations had to be strengthened.
On 3 June this year the President of South Africa, Mr Jacob Zuma, also backed Hogan, and I quote from p 14 of his state of the nation address:
To ensure delivery on our commitments we will hold Cabinet Ministers accountable through performance instruments. We will also involve state- owned enterprises in the government planning processes and improve the monitoring and evaluation of their performance.
So, ANC committee members, you must please not listen to his master's voice, Mantashe, who wants to control Cape Town from Johannesburg. [Interjections.] If he wanted to become an MP, he should have made himself available as an MP. [Interjections.]
THE HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Ms M N Oliphant): Order!