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The Star reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has approached the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) to compel Parliament to save SA’s ailing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from liquidation.
The union has accused the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, and the Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, of seeking to place SOEs into liquidation. Numsa pointed out that around 3,000 jobs had been lost at SA Airways, while at Denel at least 3,137 jobs would be on the line if the government refused to intervene to save the arms manufacturer. “Parliament’s portfolio committee on public enterprises and/or Scopa (Standing Committee on Public Accounts) and ultimately the National Assembly itself, should be the ones to make the determination on whether SAX (SA Express) and Denel or any other major SOC should be liquidated,” said Numsa secretary general Irvin Jim. In his view, it was not up to the courts to decide on the future of SOEs and it was for Parliament to make a determination. Should the entities no longer be regarded as strategic assets of the state, then Parliament must pass a resolution on this and legislate accordingly, he stated. “If the decision is that these are strategic entities, then the executive must give effect to acts of Parliament and ensure that these entities are properly funded and resourced,” Jim argued.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Itumeleng Mafisa at The Star
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