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Regulation of State Owned Enterprises - Transnet Freight Rail Case Study

2009; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.1370428

1556-5068

Sarah Truen,

Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends

One of the most durable legacies of the economic policies of twentieth century South Africa is the prevalence of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). In sectors such as water, electricity, rail, harbours, postal services, airways, telecommunications and so forth, a state owned enterprise has historically dominated the market and in many cases still does. Although this nominally gives the state wide-ranging power over the economy, which should be to the advantage of a development-focused economy such as South Africa, in practice this power can be quite limited.