Sogezo Mabece spoke to Mpumelelo Mkhabela – A political analyst and columnist with News24 – about the rationale behind having SOEs and why they find themselves on life support.

SOEs are in queuing in Parliament requesting bail outs. Not months go by and we do not hear of an SOE that is either in a management or financial crisis. Or an SOE that is implementing a TURN AROUND STRATEGY! This on-going cycle begs the question, what is the rationale behind SOEs? SOEs are structured and organized in government. If they get bail outs, what guarantee do we have that they will improve? How many more turn around strategies should SOEs have before they start yielding the much desired result?