NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 3253
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: Friday, 02 December 2011
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 33 â 2011)
Mr P D Mbhele (Cope) asked the Minister of Transport:
Whether he had called for any review of the salaries of boards of
directors of all bodies and institutions reporting to him (details
furnished) in the (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11 financial
years; if not, why not; if so, (i) which entities and (ii) in each
case, (aa) for what reason and (bb) what were the outcomes?
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REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
(a) The review of the salaries of Boards of Directors was done only in
the 2008/09 financial year, upon requests by some of the public
entities.
i) The Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Limited (ATNS), the
Airports Company South Africa Limited (ACSA) and the Passenger Rail
Agency of South Africa (PRASA).
ii) (aa) and (bb)
Below is a table that list the Public Entities that had the salaries
of their Boards reviewed in the 2008/09 financial year, the reasons
and the outcomes:
|Public |Reason |Outcome |
|Entities | | |
|ATNS |The environment within which |The State Owned Enterprise |
|PRASA |these Public Entities operate |(SOE) Remuneration |
|ACSA |requires that the Boards comprise|Guidelines, published by the |
| |of highly skilled and qualified |Department of Public |
| |individuals to ensure that the |Enterprises, which takes into|
| |Public Entities strategically |account the size of the SOE |
| |deliver their objectives, which |based on its assets and |
| |included delivering |revenue, were utilised for |
| |infrastructure requirements for |the review in determining the|
| |the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. |salaries. |
| |This required that the Boards of | |
| |these Entities be remunerated | |
| |appropriately. | |
Furthermore, the outcome of the salaries in figures is reflected in the
table below:
|2008/09 |
|Reviewed Salaries of Boards (per annum) |
| |Chairperson |Member |
|Public Entities | | |
|ACSA |R373,298 |R130,995 |
|ATNS |R310,000 |R 95, 876 |
|PRASA |R600,934 |R128,386 |
(b) No review in the 2009/10 financial year - only an annual cost-of-
living adjustment at a percentage provided by the National Treasury.
(c) No review in the 2010/11 financial year - only an annual cost-of-
living adjustment at a percentage provided by the National Treasury.