Privatisation

The state once enforced exclusion through law, now racial inequality is decentralised and enforced by private actors through economics, technology, the law, capital and technology

The state has tried the neoliberalism model in various forms for 31 years, and it has not worked

Operational inefficiencies and infrastructure neglect have led to logistical challenges costing the economy R1 billion daily in lost economic output

Despite what some say about the Takatso deal’s collapse, the private sector has made strong inroads at public enterprises

Dock workers are demanding transparency over Transnet’s partnership with the Filipino container company and an assurance there will be no retrenchments

State capture is often cited as the the reason for the department’s ongoing failures, but its problems run far deeper

The government’s draft plan for the beleaguered port and rail operator advances the ideal of an entrepreneurial state

The corporatisation of SOEs has disempowered the South African public and benefited corporate power and private finance

Structural reforms are often offered as the solution to South Africa’s growth problem, but we should be wary when they are code for privatisation

We cannot allow the planned handover of Eskom coal power stations to the private sector to go ahead

We should question the issue of prison outsourcing when the motive is profit and not public safety

We are bound to run into trouble when the private sector is given free rein to determine who is deserving of being treated as human and who is not

We should not be fooled into giving up on the public sector which can – and should – look out for our best interests

The country’s dalliance with privatisation threatens to push up electricity costs, undermining energy security

With Eskom and most other entities in states of disrepair, the relevance of the department of public enterprises is questioned