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In a beautiful twist of irony, the acting director-general of the department of public enterprises, Kgathatso Tlhakudi, tells us that we now live in a world where facts don't appear to matter, and then proves that facts don't matter to the department when it comes to SAA (Restructured SAA will boost aviation sector and act as vital lifeline, August 18 (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2020-08-18-restructured-saa-will-boost-aviation-sector-and-act-as-a-vital-lifeline/)). He writes as if he, the minister he serves and the department have been mere spectators to SAA's demise and not the root cause of it.
Let's consider some facts that matter. Tlhakudi tells us that over many years nine strategies have been implemented but failed because the board of directors failed in their execution each and every time. That is quite an admission if one considers that it was in fact the department of public enterprises that appointed those boards, albeit that oversight over SAA was tra...
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