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Calls have been made for Transnet CEO Portia Derby to be removed.
Calls have been made for Transnet CEO Portia Derby to be removed.

Given the dire situation in Transnet right now, there are a wide range of questions about its future which must be addressed to the top leadership of the company and State Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, writes Ebrahim Harvey.

The corruption, fraud and mismanagement that has occurred among South Africa's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) over the past two decades took different forms and persisted into the present period, despite the best efforts by many in the African National Congress (ANC) government to stop it.

This has sadly been the record of SOEs since the ANC won power in the 1994 watershed elections.       

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