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State Owned Enterprises

28 Feb 2022

Economic woes to continue for South Africa during 2022, says panel of economists

By Staff Writer

The economic woes of the past decade appear to continue according to the 35 participants of the Bureau of Market Research Economist of the year competition.
25 Feb 2022

Budget 2022: SA takes a step back from the fiscal cliff but risks remain

By Staff Writer

There is cautious optimism that South Africa’s fiscal picture is improving after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his maiden Budget Speech.
24 Feb 2022

Budget 2022: A balance between social welfare expenditure and fiscal sustainability

By Staff Writer

The National Budget was characterised by the balance between social welfare expenditure and fiscal sustainability amid a disappointing outlook for GDP growth in South Africa.

11 Jun 2021

Takatso Consortium and SA government partner to relaunch SAA

By Staff Writer

Following the announcement by the Honourable Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, the Takatso Consortium has expressed its delight and commitment in being selected as the Preferred Strategic Equity Partner (SEP) for South African Airways (SAA), it said in a statement this morning.
12 Mar 2018

'We need to simplify, privatise and let the invisible hand do its work'

By Janice Roberts

In South Africa, service delivery in the private sector is deemed efficient, in that local businesses generally do deliver goods and services to their valued customers because they have reputations to protect. These reputations are the source of highly valuable repeat business and are subject to competition for the budgets of households.
05 Jul 2017

Government uses disaster funds for SAA bailout

By Janice Roberts

“Government has decided to transfer funds from the National Revenue Fund (NRF) to South African Airways to allow the airline to pay back its debt to Standard Chartered Bank thereby avoiding a default,” last Saturday’s statement from the National Treasury said.
24 Feb 2016

SOES are not ‘sacrosanct’

By Janice Roberts

State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are not seen as “sacrosanct” and Treasury is willing to take a tougher look at these entities.

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