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State-Owned Companies’ governance challenges: Minister’s progress report
30 Jan 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises met with the Minister of Public Enterprises and the leadership of state-owned companies (SOCs) to discuss the progress made in addressing the governance challenges they were encountering.
The Minister of Public Enterprises had a direct and stern message for the boards of SOCs -- ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom inquiry: Matshela Koko
24 Jan 2018
Mr Matshela Koko, Eskom Group Executive: Generation at Eskom and former Acting CEO, has worked for Eskom for 23 years although he has been on suspension a number of times and came close to being fired in 2011. He was put on special leave in May 2017 and later suspended ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry: Zethembe Khoza (continued)
6 Dec 2017
Before the Acting Eskom board chairperson, Mr Zethembe Khoza, gave evidence, the Committee said that Deputy Minister Ben Martins should be issued a subpoena after he wrote declining to appear before the Eskom Inquiry despite initially requesting to appear before the Committee. He provided a written statement instead.
Members noted ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry: Anton Minaar & postponement of Anoj Singh
5 Dec 2017
The Chairperson announced that the Eskom Board and Mr Anoj Singh would appear before the Committee. However, before the Committee engaged with the Board, they would hear from Mr Minnaar, Executive Support Manager at Eskom, who had to be questioned before the Committee listened to the Board, on the narrow ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry: Lynne Brown
22 Nov 2017
Ms Lynne Brown, Minister of Public Enterprises, attended the parliamentary inquiry and delivered a statement under oath about the capture of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). She said that her appearance before the parliamentary inquiry went against the advice of her legal advisers who had advised her to decline the invitation to ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry: Zola Tsotsi
22 Nov 2017
Mr Zola Andile Tsotsi, former Eskom Board Chairperson, appeared as a witness. He read a sworn statement to the Committee. He noted that he had had problems in accessing certain information which would have better prepared him for the inquiry
Mr Tsotsi was questioned about:
• A meeting he attended ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry: Venete Klein, Viroshini Naidoo, Brian Molefe
21 Nov 2017
The Committee invited Ms Venete Klein former Eskom board member to account about corporate governance at Eskom during her tenure as a board member and the chairperson of the people and governance board committee. Ms Klein joined Eskom at the time load shedding was at stage 3 costing the country ...
Defence
Defence Force Service Commission on progress, action plan + challenges submitted to Minister
17 Nov 2017
The Defence Force Service Commission (DFSC) briefed the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on the progress it had made, its action plans, challenges it had encountered, and provided an update on the recommendations tabled to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans.
It reported that it had rolled out its ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom corporate governance inquiry: David Fine
15 Nov 2017
The Eskom Inquiry continued with a submission from Dr David Fine, Senior Partner at McKinsey and Company, who is currently based in London but was, previously, the Head of McKinsey in South Africa.
Before proceedings began, several Members registered their concerns about people who had begun to verbally attack the ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry: Khulani Qoma
14 Nov 2017
The Committee heard evidence from Khulani Qoma, General Manager in the Office of the Eskom Board Chairperson, responsible for reputation management as well as board spokesperson. Mr Qoma explained that the objective of his role was to restore confidence in both Eskom and its Board by South Africans. It needed ...