At last key leaders are on the same page about the need for tough love for SOEs
It’s not just a maverick team from the Treasury that wants to end fiscus-sapping bailouts
21 November 2021 - 00:00
The recent announcement by finance minister Enoch Godongwana that the government would adopt a “tough-love” approach to state-owned entities (SOEs) will been welcomed by South Africans who have long been concerned about the diversion of scarce resources from social services to bailouts for failing SOEs...
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