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26 May 2013
                       
 
 
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22 May 2013
 
 
Adjudication under way for big locomotive procurement programme
RAILWAYS
The adjudication process for two large tenders issued by Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) for the procurement of 599 dual-voltage electric locomotives and 465 diesel locomotives for its general freight...
 
 
06 Nov 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Gauteng Provincial Government, on Nomvula Mokonyane receiving best public sector leader award (06/11/2012)
STATEMENT
Mokonyane recently scooped the BBQ’s Public Sector Visionary Award from the assembled South African business leaders at the 2012 Van Ryn's BBQ Awards held at Emperor’s Palace.
 
 
31 Oct 2012
 
Transnet delays big locomotive bid process to settle localisation details
LOCOMOTIVES
The award of two tenders issued by Transnet for the procurement of 1 064 locomotives to be introduced into its general-freight-business fleet between 2014 and 2019 have been delayed to enable the...
 
 
01 Aug 2011
 
DA: Statement by Pieter van Dalen, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of public enterprises, calling on the Transnet Board needs to justify R10 million spent on Siyabonga Gama (01/08/2011)
Statements

The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes the release of Transnet’s annual report last week. The annual report naturally covers a wide range of issues at all of Transnet’s subsidiaries,...

 
 
23 Feb 2011
 
Transnet reinstates Gama to executive committee
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
State-owned Transnet has reinstated Siyabonga Gama, the former CEO of its freight rail busines, to the group's executive committee, after a review of his dismissal for “governance breaches”....
 
 
18 Oct 2010
 
DA: Statement by Natasha Michael, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of communications, on mismanagement within the Department of Communications (18/10/2010)
Statements

Minister Nyanda attempting to cover up his Department's shortcomings
The DoC has clearly failed to meet its mandate and needs to account to the South African public
DA will call on...

 
 
01 Sep 2010
 
Zuma ‘reprimands’ Nyanda over Gama statement
EXECUTIVE ETHICS
President Jacob Zuma has "reprimanded" Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda for his statement backing former Transnet Freight Rail CEO Siyabonga Gama.
 
 
05 Jul 2010
 
Are South Africa’s Parastatals Accountable Enough?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The South African government is increasingly anxious about the state of its public entities. The past few years, South African parastatals have been inefficiently managed and have underperformed,...
 
 
30 Jun 2010
 
DA: Statement by Pieter van Dalen, Democratic Alliance shadow deputy minister of public enterprises, on Gama’s dismissal (30/06/2010)
Statements

The dismissal of Siyabonga Gama, the suspended CEO of Transnet Freight Rail, is to be welcomed. It is a refreshing but unfortunately incredibly rare instance of appropriate action against...

 
 
15 Jun 2010
 
 
 
Daily podcast - June 15, 2010
PODCAST
In today's podcast, Eskom workers threaten strike; US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges tough economic reforms in Africa; and, Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan says that Transnet...
 
 
14 Jun 2010
 
Transnet wants to fire Gama – Hogan
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Transnet will move to fire freight rail chief Siyabonga Gama after he was found guilty of a serious breach of governance requirements, Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan indicated on Monday.
 
 
18 Mar 2010
 
DA: Statement by Pieter van Dalen, Democratic Alliance shadow deputy minister of public enterprises, calling for full disclosure on Transnet dismissals (18/03/2010)
Statements

The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the action taken by Transnet against two senior security managers who have been dismissed for their role in tender irregularities at the parastatal.
...

 
 
05 Feb 2010
 
Cope: Statement by Juli Kilian, Congress of the People spokesperson, calling for the Public Protector to investigate Minister Nyanda (05/02/2010)
Statements

COPE is to refer issues surrounding lucrative contracts between companies of Communications Minster Gen. Nyanda and Government and/or some of its parastatals, to the public protector for further...

 
 
12 Jan 2010
 
An uncomradely kerfuffle
ADAM HABIB
Another public spat between members of the tripartite alliance; another plea for unity from President Jacob Zuma. This is what the 2009 SA Communist Party congress will be remembered for.
 
 
23 Nov 2009
 
DA: Statement by Tim Harris, Democratic Alliance member of Select Committee on Finance, on Government parastatals (23/11/2009)
Statements

The partial or full privatisation of big parastatals such as Eskom, Armscor and Transnet will ensure better service delivery on the one hand and save the South African public billions of rands...

 
 
 
                       
 
 
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