“We want to see who gets paid so much that the average is so high. We do know that Eskom’s top-managers have been getting big bonuses and increases in the past decade,” Cloete said.

Investment Solutions economist Chris Hart told the newspaper that no company in the private sector could afford to pay salaries like that.

Eskom’s spokeswoman Hillary Joffe did not deny the proposed salary increase.

Nersa is expected to announce Eskom’s tariff increase on February 28.

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