The Committee reports further that: 1. A basic degree of financial security is important for judicial independence. But this raises the difficult question of who is to determine the remuneration of judges and magistrates: neither the Executive or Parliament, nor the judiciary itself, are the appropriate bodies. For this reason, an independent body - the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public-office Bearers - is tasked with making recommendations relating to the remuneration of judges and magistrates. Chaskalson CJ, in S and Others v Van Rooyen and Others (General Council of the Bar of South Africa Intervening) 2002 (5) SA 246 (CC); 2002 (8) BCLR 210 (CC) states: '[139] Judicial officers ought not to be put in a position of having to do this, or to engage in negotiations with the executive over their salaries. They are judicial officers, not employees, and cannot and should not resort to industrial action to advance their interests in their conditions of service. That makes them vulnerable to having less attention paid to their legitimate concerns in relation to such matters, than others who can advance their interest through normal bargaining processes open to them'.