Alexkor: another SOE circling the drain
19 January 2020
South Africa’s state-owned diamond mining enterprise Alexkor boasts an accumulated loss standing at R173.6 million (2018: R13.9 million). Alexkor is a joint venture between Alexkor and the Richtersveld community and the facts underpinning its losses are as follows:
The company’s employee costs of R68.6 million exceed the gross profit of R57 million despite having retrenched 150 employees in June 2019;
The environmental rehabilitation liability is R203.9 million;
R168 million in the rehabilitation trust earmarked for that purpose;