The state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are, surely, the pinnacle of radical economic transformation. They are fully transformed. However, they are, for the most part, a great disappointment and a great drain on taxpayers. I can only conclude that the private sector has not transformed too slowly: the public sector has transformed too fast. Willem Cronje Free State

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