Top executives 'deserve' high salaries

Speaking at the Institute of Directors, Thomson said the surge in executive pay is directly related to the shortage of highly skilled people in this country. He says that the chief executive of an intermediate company will now be paid at least R2,2-million a year, up from R1-million in 1995.

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