1) The annual recommendations of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers in respect of the salaries, allowances and benefits of public office bearers for the fiscal year commencing 1 April 2010 were submitted to Parliament on 11 November 2010 in accordance with section 8(5) of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1997 (No 92 of 1997), along with recommendations on the pension and pension benefits of former President K P Motlanthe in terms of section 2(5)(a) of the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998 (No 20 of 1998).