1.3 The Department of Public Enterprises has direct responsibility in three strategic areas in the Economy, namely: - Ensuring the security of supply and the efficient and competitive provision of key economic infrastructure - Facilitating the development of advanced manufacturing capability through: . direct investment via current or new SOE . SOE investment and procurement programmes . strategic partnership engagements with global enterprises - Utilisation of SOEs by the state can be used to sort out economically stifling market or regulatory failures especially in the area of network infrastructure