Hon Chair, Minister on the subject of financial viability of the SABC and the turnaround strategy that you spoke about. The dire state of the SABC does not mean that its executives are paying the price. In fact, they are still receiving very high salaries. The SABC CEO received the total package of R3,9 million for nine month's work at the state broadcaster.
The SABC will argue that it has cut costs on expenses, but part of that cost cut should be seen together with a cut on income as well. Minister, in view of the current state of affairs of the SABC, is your department confident that taxpayers are receiving value for money for paying the CEO an excess of R5 million by the end of this financial year?