Does the Department of Public Enterprises have Adequate Capacity for Effective Oversight? – Costing

This document presents the detailed costing that underpins the spending review summarised below.

The mandate of the Department of Public Enterprises is to ensure that the state owned companies in its portfolio are directed to serve government’s strategic objectives, as articulated in the national development plan, the new growth path and the industrial policy action plan. In the current economic climate, state owned companies have emerged as key instruments for the state to drive its developmental objectives of creating jobs, and for enhancing equity and transformation.