DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NCOP
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 338
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 17 September 2010
338. Mr D B Feldman (COPE-Gauteng) to ask the Minister of Public
Enterprises:
Whether all the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been fully supportive
of the Dinaledi program in order to impact positively and powerfully on (a)
mathematics and (b) science education; if not, why not; if so, (i) what did
each SOE do in this regard, (ii) what has been delivered so far and (iii)
what (aa) qualitative and (bb) quantitative impact has the program had on
scarce subjects particularly mathematics and science in the Dinaledi
supported schools? CW433E
REPLY
(a-b)(i-iii)(aa-bb) Three of the nine State Owned Enterprises (SOE)
reporting to the Department of Public Enterprises are involved in the
Dinaledi Programme namely: Eskom, Transnet and Denel. Alexkor, Broadband
Infraco, PBMR, SAFCOL, South African Airways and South African Express are
not involved. Further information in this regard is attached as Annexure A.