SOUTH AfricaEMERGING marketsPOLITICAL entrepreneurshipREGRESSION analysisFINANCIAL performancePUBLIC sectorResearch in public sector entrepreneurship is proliferating which indicates that it is viable for organisations operating within a government regulatory regime, such as in state-owned ...
In Africa, South Africa’s Eskom, a utility company, is one of the biggest entities in terms of its power generation capacity, and it is owned and operated by the government of South Africa. Most public utility and transport services are SOEs, and so are mining corporations and postal servi...
State-ownedenterprises:Governance responsibilityandaccountability PublicSectorWorkingGroup:PositionPaper3 ii 1 1.Executivesummary2 2.KeyterminologyusedinthisPositionPaper4 3.Introduction5 4.TheneedforimprovedgovernanceinSOEs6 5.StatusquoofSOEgovernanceinSouthAfrica7 6.Thecurrentgovernanceenvironment9 7.AddressingSO...
As a result, the committees such as the Public Accounts Committees (PACs) were established by the National Assembly and Legislatures in order to conduct oversight in the public sector, including state-owned entities. These Committees play a critical role in ensuring that public funds are spent ...
2. State entrepreneurship, “political markets”, and the market environment 3. Growth of the public sector and the palliatives of Russian privatization 4. “State corporation”: What does the future hold? 5. “Private state-owned companies” 6. Conclusion References Further readingRussian...
The state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a global phenomenon, and such organizations exist in the United States, China, South Africa,Norway, and New Zealand. Legally,most SOEs qualify as business entities, providing them with all the rights and responsibilities associated with them. This means that ...
He added that, "State Capture would concern a network of relationships both inside and outside government, whose objectives is to ensure the repurposing of government departments, officials and state owned entities for private gain. Did what occurred concern not only acts of corruption but also a...
The state owned Angolan and South African companies, Sonangol and PetroSA, could shortly form a joint venture to build and operate refineries in their respective countries. The idea was discussed during a meeting on Oct. 12 in Luanda between South Africa's energy minister, Elisabeth Dipuo Peters...
Ramaphosa said late last year he was determined to root out "horrifying levels of corruption" which left state-owned entities relying on government bailouts. Some foreign nations warned Ramaphosa that foreign direct investment into South Africa could be hampered if actions are not taken against those...
@allenJo - In the industry that I work in – electrical utilities – we see some countries that have their own state owned enterprises. Once such country is Mexico. Mexico has one electrical utility; it’s a completely national operation, all government control. ...