Speaker, I would like to thank hon Kganare for reminding us of all the principles and also thank him for congratulating us. But I don't think it's the department that should be congratulated; I think all South Africans should be congratulated on the success of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, and therefore also on contributing, in one way or another, to supporting public transport systems, for instance. That's very important.
How do we take it forward? Well, that's exactly what we need to do. As I said earlier, one of the key things about much public transport, not all of it, but much public transport, is that it's delivered, or not delivered, as the case might be, at the local level. Therefore, the integration of the different modes, the planning of public transport, the financing of public transport and the regulation of public transport need to be, as much as possible, located in one place.
That is something we as government are very actively pursuing in terms of, for instance, the National Land Transport Act, which envisages devolution, and also the very important Public Transport Infrastructure Systems Grant, which is a grant for cities. In the first place we were directing it largely towards the host cities.
So, I think those are the ways in which we hope to begin to transform - and we are beginning to transform public transport. It's a long way to go. We can't change public transport unless we also change the horrible apartheid space that we've still got in South Africa. We need to begin to change that, and transport is a lever to do that.
But, unless the Minister of Human Settlement begins to create deracialised cities; unless we begin to abolish dormitory townships and take work closer to people and people closer to work, public transport will always limp in South Africa.
So, it is a comprehensive effort that we require. We had a glimmer of what is possible during the 2010 Fifa World Cup, but now we need to really seriously implement all of these things. That requires all of us to work together to do that.
Particulars regarding (i) average salary and financial perks of Eskom's executive committee members and (ii) salary increases for executive committee members and ordinary workers
133. Dr S M van Dyk (DA) asked the Minister of Public Enterprises:
(1) What were (a) the average salary and (b) any other financial perks of members of Eskom's executive committee in the 2009-10 financial year;
(2) whether she has approved the approximately 83% salary increase which Eskom's executive committee has negotiated for itself this year; if not, why not; if so, (a) what is the financial impact of this, (b) on what is the approval of the salary increase based and (c) what are the further relevant details;
(3) whether Eskom offered its ordinary workers an 8,5% salary increase over the same period; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so,
(4) whether she approved this; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NO2654E