Mr Erik Johannes Marais

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Erik Johannes Marais

About Erik Johannes Marais

Committee Meetings Attended

  • Public Enterprises Minister's report on DPE, SOE & Transnet performance and plans
    2 May 2018

    Only the Department of Public Enterprises and Transnet briefed the Portfolio and Select Committees on their Annual Performance Plans for 2018/19 and not Denel as originally indicated on the Committee agenda.

    The Minister said many of DPE's State-Owned Enterprises were involved in state capture and the Department was determined to ...

  • Public Enterprises Repeal of Overvaal Resorts Ltd Bill [B36-2017]: briefing
    25 Apr 2018

    The Overvaal Resorts Limited Act, 1993 (Act No. 127 of 1993), had been enacted to establish Overvaal Resorts Limited as a public company to hold and manage public resorts on behalf of the Government. The name of the company, Overvaal Resorts Limited was later changed to Aventura Ltd. In 2001, ...

  • Public Enterprises Eskom Inquiry: Discussion on way forward; Second Term Committee Programme
    27 Mar 2018

    The Acting Chairperson of the Eskom  Inquiry told Members that four witnesses still had to appear before the Committee, namely the Gupta brothers, Mr Duduzane Zuma and Mrs Dudu Myeni. The witnesses had resorted to “duck and dive” tactics through their lawyers, or had claimed illness, as in the case ...

  • Public Enterprises Transnet 2016/17 Annual Report
    14 Mar 2018

    Annual Report 2016/17

    The Board of Transnet presented the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2016/17 Financial Year. The presentation was delayed by six months due to scheduling difficulties, partially relating the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises being engaged with the inquiry into state-owned enterprises since July 2017. It was ...

  • Public Enterprises Eskom Inquiry: Ben Ngubane
    7 Mar 2018

    The Committee heard evidence from Former Eskom Board Chairperson Dr Baldwin Sipho “Ben” Ngubane.

    The Committee questioned Dr Ngubane on the pre-purchase of coal from Optimum Coal Mine (OCM); former CEO Brian Molefe’s resignation; the suspension of the four executives; his relationship with the Gupta family; and corporate governance during ...

  • Public Enterprises Eskom Inquiry: Abram Masango
    28 Feb 2018

    The Committee  was supposed to hear evidence from former SAA Board Chairperson, Ms Dudu Myeni. However, she informed the Committee Secretary via SMS that she was waiting to be guided by her lawyer on how to respond to the invitation by Parliament, look at the legalities of coming to the ...

  • Public Enterprises Eskom Inquiry: G9 Consulting Services
    27 Feb 2018

    Document awaited: Opening statement by Rajie Murugan – G9 Group [please email info@pmg.org.za if you have the document

    G9 Consulting Services appeared at the Inquiry and spoke on the findings and recommendations of its investigation at Eskom. The G9 investigation dealt with Eskom payments made to McKinsey and Trillian, which ...

  • Public Enterprises Denel & Safcol Annual Report + Denel outstanding controversies
    6 Feb 2018

    Annual Reports 2016/17 

    Both the Minister and Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises were unable to attend due to a Cabinet meeting. The Denel delegation was lead by Mr Dan Mantsha, Board Chairperson, Mr Zwelakhe Ntshepe, Group Chief Executive Officer and Mr Odwa Mlhlwana, Group Chief Financial Officer.

    The Committee suggested the ...

  • Public Enterprises Eskom Inquiry: Ben Martins
    31 Jan 2018

    Deputy Minister for Public Enterprises, Mr Ben Martins, in his testimony, disputed Eskom’s suspended head of legal Ms Suzanne Daniels’s claim that the two had a meeting with Mr Duduzane Zuma, Mr Salim Essa and Mr Ajay Gupta at Melrose Arch on July 29, 2017. Mr Martins said that on ...

  • Public Enterprises Eskom Inquiry: Lucky Montana
    30 Jan 2018

    The Eskom Inquiry heard a submission from Mr Lucky Montana, former CEO of State-Owned Enterprise (SOE), Prasa. Mr Montana stated that he had been called to give evidence at the inquiry following the media briefing that Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises and former Minister of Transport, Ben Martins, convened in ...