Deputy Speaker, the issue of shareholder compacts is extremely important, and I thank the member for raising this issue. Mr Van Dalen did raise the issue of key performance objectives. There is, in my view, a need to revise the shareholder compacts that we have as state-owned enterprises at the moment. We have been in the process of looking at several of them in the past couple of months. So, I do believe that shareholder compacts with boards are an extremely important and valuable oversight tool.
Contribution of SumbandilaSat satellite to poverty alleviation and economic growth
272. Mr E N N Ngcobo (ANC) asked the Minister of Science and Technology: How will the SumbandilaSat satellite contribute to (a) the enhancement of poverty alleviation and (b) economic growth in South Africa and the region? NO2597E