Riyaz Patel
The Department of Public Enterprises wants the Shareholder Management Bill to be fast-tracked to allow tighter oversight over State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs).
Deputy Public Enterprises Minister, Phumulo Masualle, told Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises, “There is a thinking that we should take it back as the department to see if we cannot achieve that in a much shorter time.”
DPE Annual Performance Plan 19/20
Masualle said the bill, which has been in the pipeline for years, could serve as an important intervention to turn around the fortunes of the country’s troubled state-owned enterprises.
Several public enterprises, in addition to falling victim to allegations of state capture, have also been plagued with disciplinary action relating to top jobs, revolving CEOs, maladministration, and millions in wasteful expenditure.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has met with chief executives of South Africa’s 20 state-owned companies to discuss the worrying state of the SOEs.
The Presidency said
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