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SOE reform becomes urgency for gov’t

Firming up solutions: Gaolathe 
PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Firming up solutions: Gaolathe PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Of the 16 parastatals required by law to operate profitably, just seven have done so in the past financial year. Vice President, Ndaba Gaolathe, says parastatals and their turnaround are a “big ticket” item in his conversations with President Boko. MBONGENI MGUNI, PAULINE DIKUELO & TIMOTHY LEWANIKA write on the troubled state assets

The rot in parastatals keeps worsening the more revelations of their state of affairs is made.

Nearly each week in recent months, top government officials have lifted the lid on the state of State-Owned Entities (SOEs) disclosing previously unknown, but largely suspected, gross violations of corporate governance, statutory non-compliance and financial failure.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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