National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) at Parliament on Thursday decided it's taking up the issue of top senior managers' performance bonuses with the presiding officers, National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Chairperson Thandi Modise. Staff at the coalface at Parliament should be recognised, as 'clearly there's money at Parliament'.

On Tuesday Daily Maverick reported that Parliament's 2017/18 annual report showed performance bonuses for top managers ranging from R56,000 for suspended Secretary to Parliament Gengezi Mgidlana (some two months into the financial year in early June he went on special leave, and was suspended in November 2017); R38,000 for acting Secretary to Parliament Baby Tyawa and performance bonuses of between R33,000 and R31,000 for other top managers, as well as most divisional managers.

The senior management performance bonuses were listed in the financial statements as at 31 March 2018 alongside monies under headings of "basic salary", "post-employment benefits" and "total" - R2,889-millon for Mgidlana, R2,495-million for Tyawa and R1,677-million for Chief Financial Officer Manenzhe Manenzhe.

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