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News that ousted Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga has slapped Eskom with a shocking
R85 million lawsuit, has once again highlighted how South Africa's
parastatals are allowed to plunder the public purse with impunity, the
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) said today.

"Why has government allowed a situation to develop where Mr Maroga and other
executives of state-owned entities receive incomes twice and thrice the size
of the President's income?" asked Koos van der Merwe MP, the IFP's Chief
Whip.

"Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), whose job it is
to ensure the taxpayer receives value for money, must provide answers as to
why Parliament allowed Mr Maroga and others to be paid such excessive
salaries at the expense of the taxpayer," said van der Merwe.

Van der Merwe added that the IFP now demands that Government put a limit on
the salaries of parastatal officials.

"The list of overpaid executives is endless. It is not limited to Eskom. The
situation is no different at some of the other parastatals, like the SABC,
Land Bank, Transnet and SAA. We in the IFP believe that the current state of
affairs requires an urgent review of the contracts and salaries of all CEOs
of state-owned enterprises and a cap must urgently be placed on their
packages to prevent further pillaging of the public's purse," said van der
Merwe.