‘We have to investigate the validity of those allegations, of which in our process of investigation, it came to our attention that Takatso was not necessarily among the four companies that were shortlisted,’ says Khayalethu Magaxa, Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Chair on Public Enterprises.
A round-up of news, including the Parliamentary Committee's request for an investigation of the failed SAA/Takatso deal. Thabo Mbeki joins the ANC's election campaign and a look at the role played by SMEs in economic growth.
‘For a process of democracy to succeed, the ones who must write their manifesto are the public, and having agreed on that manifesto, we must go and look for a politician who seems to be capable of executing that manifesto,’ says Pali Lehohla, former Statistician-General.
A round-up of news, including why communities should write their own manifestos. World Malaria Day, and Amnesty International on the state of world human rights.
‘It's going to feed more consumption in South Africa rather than saving an investment, and saving an investment is the critical ingredient that's missing from South Africa's growth structure,’ says Professor Adrian Saville, strategist and economist at the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
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