Chairperson, the House notes that the independent research conducted by the national business initiative on the contribution of Business South Africa to skills development reveals the following: That Transnet and Eskom spent well over the average spent by companies in the private sector on training and investing in human capital in South Africa. Eskom and Transnet contribute disproportionally to the pool of available technical skills in the country. Eskom and Transnet spent R83 million in the 2006-07 financial year compared to the R103 million spent by 12 mining houses combined.