Implementation, implementation
POSTED ON: October 8, 2020 IN Economic policy, Political economy, SOEs by BLSA
By Busi Mavuso
We need a sense of urgency in the implementation of the recovery plan.
Medium term budget — another seminal moment
POSTED ON: October 1, 2020 IN Economic policy, Employment, SOEs by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s medium-term budget speech is another seminal moment for South Africa.
SAA’s future should partly be about reducing its risk to the sovereign
POSTED ON: September 22, 2020 IN SOEs by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
How would another capital injection into SAA fit into the Presidential State-Owned Enterprises Council’s drive to reform state-owned enterprises.
Another resignation at an SOE a cause for concern
POSTED ON: July 23, 2020 IN Politics, SOEs by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
The CEOs of SOEs have to reform them. That’s their function and they need to be backed if SOEs are going to be part of the solution to the deepening economic recession.
The many legs of Eskom’s recovery plan
POSTED ON: June 29, 2020 IN Energy, SOEs by Admin
SA could see the end of loadshedding by August next year, by when Eskom hopes to have eliminated the backlog in its maintenance programme, CEO André de Ruyter told business leaders in a webcast organised by BLSA on 26 June 2020.
SA runs the real risk of a sovereign debt crisis in about three years
POSTED ON: June 25, 2020 IN Covid-19, Economic policy, Infrastructure, SOEs by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
SA runs the real risk of a sovereign debt crisis in about three years, which will feed into all our major corporations and our banking sector that managed to successfully navigate the global financial sector crash of 2008.
BLSA CEO’s weekly – 22 June
POSTED ON: June 22, 2020 IN BLSA CEO's Weekly, Infrastructure, SOEs by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
We applaud the NPA for the arrests of suspects linked to the looting of VBS Bank and offer our full support as it pursues justice.
Do we really have capacity for another R10bn SAA adventure?
POSTED ON: June 18, 2020 IN SOEs by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
To invest in an airline right now is a risky gamble for any investor, especially in a national airline such as SAA that hasn’t produced a profit for a decade and has been surviving on bailouts of over R30bn in that time.
SOE Council – open letter
POSTED ON: IN Energy, Political economy, SOEs by Admin
The role of the new SOE council is critical but it has a tough task. BLSA wishes it the best in fulfilling its mandate.
Restructuring of Eskom is a positive sign of commitment to reform agenda
POSTED ON: June 17, 2020 IN Political economy, SOEs by Admin
By Busi Mavuso
One only hopes the new SOE council has not been set up to meet quarterly to just deliver advisory notes to the president.
