Chairperson, I would like to respond to the issues raised by the hon Bekker in relation to electricity prices. I'm not quite sure how he thinks Eskom will be able to raise the money. To say that it will use the balance sheet is a trite statement. Having used the balance sheet to borrow, somebody has got to pay to amortise what has been borrowed, and the only way to deal with that is actually to ensure that the pricing of energy costs in this country would be more reflective both of that as well as a consciousness about the CO2 emissions that arise from energy consumption and therefore act as a break on the overuse of electricity. [Interjections.]
Sorry, Chair, I ask for protection. I listened carefully when the hon Bekker was speaking. Eskom has to do it over its balance sheet and that is the bottom line. We will not raise taxes in order to finance this in order to then provide a hidden subsidy to industry. There will be price changes; this signal has been communicated and has emanated from a big business working group. There is an acceptance across the South African economy that there will be new realities in respect of the pricing. In one of the newspapers today there is a very detailed comment by Prof Anton Eberhard supporting this and he does it from the perspective of energy sustainability, so I think the hon Bekker is way out of line with his submission here today. Thank you.