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The president has promised action. Bungles will be unbungled, although nobody will call it “unbungling” in case the unions hear “unbundling” and start redeploying cadres out of windows. Still, as the Sona smoke clears, we’re still not entirely sure how the government plans to plug the R200bn hole we know as SA’s state-owned enterprises. Which is weird, because there are some obvious ways the state could rake in billions, starting today.