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The infamous termination of the sale of equity in SA Airways (SAA) should be thoroughly investigated. It can be inferred from the fiasco that the department of public enterprises (DPE) fiddled with the search for a strategic equity partner to handpick an unqualified bidder without a real sense of logic.
Department of public enterprises spokesperson Ellis Mnyandu should observe borders and the protocol of addressing elected officials in public. Either Mnyandu is a hired gun who knows no boundaries or a whippersnapper in a relentless campaign to vilify public enterprises portfolio committee chairperson Khaya Magaxa.
The state of the nation address (Sona) by President Cyril Ramaphosa not only was pedestrian, but it recycled promises and amplified easy victories.
We used to take pride in the major shipping lanes passing along the coastline, which connected stakeholders conveying the country’s exports by sea through commercial ports.
Both President Cyril Ramaphosa and public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan should take the blame for the leadership within public entities. Surely, their stability would spiral out of control to hinder the shift towards renewal and have destructive consequences for the country.