{"id":22309,"date":"2012-09-17T15:37:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=22309"},"modified":"2012-10-01T12:24:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T10:24:32","slug":"top-earning-parastatal-bosses-in-sa-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/22309\/top-earning-parastatal-bosses-in-sa-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Top earning parastatal bosses in SA revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2012 South African Business Times Rich List has revealed that <a title=\"Transnet\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/4521-Transnet\">Transnet<\/a> executives are the top earning people at South Africa\u2019s state owned enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Business Times Rich List, Transnet\u2019s <a title=\"Chris Wells\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/5023-Chris-Wells\">Chris Wells<\/a> is the top earning parastatal executive with an annual pay package of R17 million.\u00a0 Transnet\u2019s <a title=\"Siyabonga Gama\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/5024-Siyabonga-Gama\">Siyabonga Gama<\/a> and <a title=\"Pradeep Maharaj\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/5025-Pradeep-Maharaj\">Pradeep Maharaj<\/a> was ranked second and third, with R13 million and R10 million, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The following table provides an overview of the top earning executives working at South Africa\u2019s state-owned enterprises.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Person<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Company<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Annual pay package<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Chris Wells<\/td>\n<td>Transnet<\/td>\n<td>R17 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Siyabonga Gama<\/td>\n<td>Transnet<\/td>\n<td>R13 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Pradeep Maharaj<\/td>\n<td>Transnet<\/td>\n<td>R10 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Karl Socikwa<\/td>\n<td>Transnet<\/td>\n<td>R10 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Tau Morwe<\/td>\n<td>Transnet<\/td>\n<td>R9 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Reuben September<\/td>\n<td>Telkom<\/td>\n<td>R7 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Solly Mokoetle<\/td>\n<td>SABC<\/td>\n<td>R6 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>Peter Nelson<\/td>\n<td>Telkom<\/td>\n<td>R5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related article<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"SA\u2019s richest get richer\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/22252\/sas-richest-get-richer\/\"><strong>SA\u2019s richest get richer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a 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