Minister Pravin Gordhan on restructuring of state-owned companies
14 August 2023
The Minister of Public Enterprises Mr. Pravin Gordhan has slammed ongoing deliberate distortions of the truth about Eskom’s restructuring by vested interests who seek to tarnish his name and undermine the work of government and the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) in restructuring state-owned companies (SOCs).
Minister Gordhan said those looking for the truth ought to read the statement that the DPE issued last week to correct false assertions about Eskom’s restructuring, about which some elements have chosen to peddle lies. The statement also reiterated that Eskom’s three newly formed subsidiaries will remain 100 percent owned by the State.
The latest attacks from Collen Malatji (from whom the Minister has demanded a public apology for his ill-considered statement) and from counter revolutionaries and other discredited characters, underscore the fact that the public ought to know that there are vested interests intent on crippling ongoing reform of SOCs to the detriment of millions of South Africans.
Minister Gordhan said he will be meeting with the ANC Youth League shortly.