House Chairperson, hon members, the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises is tabling seven state-owned companies' annual reports to Parliament, with the exception of SA Express, which withdrew its annual report some time back. Added to that, we also present the annual report of the Department of Public Enterprises. Considering these reports, the portfolio committee emphasised the following issues: corporate governance and stability in the SOEs; and developmental objectives, which include job creation, skills development and support to local business ventures.
Hon members are reminded that these SOEs were not set up for ornamental purposes, but to drive the developmental agenda of the state. Therefore, they are expected to act as such. We should not fail to congratulate the Department of Public Enterprises on a clean audit report for eight consecutive years. I repeat, eight consecutive years! [Applause.]
We table these reports before Parliament for adoption. Thank you! There was no debate.