4. The Department requires a culture that rigorously understands and is responsive to the often fast-changing and challenging commercial environment within which SOEs operate. 5. The Department's inability to source/recruit the required technical skills affects its role in being a value-adding interface between the SOEs, policy departments, SOE customers and other stakeholders. 6. In some instances, interdepartmental co-ordination and alignment of mandates of SOEs has proven to be challenging. 7. Impact of the recession on SOEs. 8. The Department's role and future institutional form in light of the SOE review process.