The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) is one of the ministries of the

South African government The Republic of South Africa is a parliamentary republic with three-tier system of government and an independent judiciary, operating in a parliamentary system. Legislative authority is held by the Parliament of South Africa. Executive authori ...

. It is the government's shareholder representative with oversight responsibility for a number of state-owned enterprises (SoEs).

Enterprises

It is estimated that South Africa has about 300 SoEs, nine of which fall under the responsibility of the DPE; * Alexkor – Mining sector (diamond mining) *

Denel Denel SOC Ltd is a South African state-owned aerospace and military technology conglomerate established in 1992. It was created when the manufacturing subsidiaries of Armscor were split off in order for Armscor to become the procurement agency ...

– Aerospace and Defence sector (armaments manufacturer) *

Eskom Eskom Hld SOC Ltd or Eskom is a South African electricity public utility. It was established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) and was also known by its Afrikaans name Elektrisiteitsvoorsieningskommissie (EVKOM). Eskom repre ...

– Energy sector (national electricity utility) *

South African Express South African Express Airways SOC Ltd, known as South African Express or simply SA Express, was a state-owned airline based in South Africa that started operations on 24 April 1994. Although the airline was operationally independent of South ...

– Transport sector (regional and feeder airline) * South African Forestry Company – Forestry sector (manages forestry on state owned-land) *

Transnet Transnet SOC Ltd is a large South African rail, port and pipeline company, headquartered in the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg. It was formed as a limited company on 1 April 1990. A majority of the company's stock is owned by the Departmen ...

– Transport and related infrastructure sector (railways, harbours, oil/fuel pipelines and terminals) Other corporate entities not under the Department of Public Enterprises include the

South African Post Office South African Post Office (SA Post Office) is the national postal service of South Africa and as a state owned enterprise, its only shareholder is the South African government. In terms of South African law, the Post Office is the only entity ...

, the

South African Broadcasting Corporation The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the public broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations ( AM/ FM) as well as six television broadcasts to the general public. It is one of the largest of South Africa's state ...

, the South African Bureau of Standards, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and

Sentech Sentech is the signal distributor for the South African broadcasting sector. Background Sentech began operations in 1992 as the signal distributor of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Sentech's mandate also included providi ...

. Various other smaller state-owned companies exist in South Africa.

References

External links

Ministry of Public Enterprises
Public Enterprises {{SouthAfrica-gov-stub

Enterprises

See also

References

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