DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 199
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 04 May 2012
199. Mr H B Groenewald (DA-NW) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises:
With reference to a statement by the Chairperson of Alexkor (name
furnished) in October 2011 that the company would restructure in a bid to
reap greater dividends from its current operations and would engage in new
projects in Southern Africa, what (a) are the plans and (b) is the status
in this regard? CW263E
Reply:
(a-b) There are no immediate plans to grow Alexkor beyond the borders of
South Africa. The strategic focus in the short to medium term is to ensure
that the Pooling and Sharing Joint Venture entered into between Alexkor and
the Ritchersveld Community in terms of the 2007 Deed of Settlement is
commercially viable and sustainable, and fulfills Governmentâs
developmental objectives in the region of Namaqualand.