https://www.polity.org.za
Deepening Democracy through Access to Information
Home / News / All News RSS ← Back
Africa|Business|Energy|Eskom|generation|Renewable Energy|Renewable-Energy|Services|Transnet|Solutions
Africa|Business|Energy|Eskom|generation|Renewable Energy|Renewable-Energy|Services|Transnet|Solutions
africa|business|energy|eskom|generation|renewable-energy|renewable-energy-company|services|transnet|solutions
Close

Email this article

separate emails by commas, maximum limit of 4 addresses

Sponsored by

Close

Article Enquiry

PPPs, GNU can help foster development – Nyati


Close

Embed Video

PPPs, GNU can help foster development – Nyati

15th November 2024

By: Sabrina Jardim
Creamer Media Online Writer

ARTICLE ENQUIRY      SAVE THIS ARTICLE      EMAIL THIS ARTICLE

Font size: -+

Amid the fiscal constraints facing South Africa, public-private partnerships (PPPs) are key in driving development, said  State-owned utility Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati at this year’s Business Process Enabling South Africa, or BPESA, Global Business Services and Business Process Outsourcing conference, on November 14.

During his presentation, he highlighted South Africa’s potential and the importance of addressing challenges in areas such as leadership, advocating for the Government of National Unity (GNU) as a positive structure to embrace diversity and foster inclusive growth.

Advertisement

“Today, our country is facing huge challenges. We need to be focusing on driving inclusive growth. In order to achieve that inclusive growth, we need people who are not just looking at this thing from one lens.

“You need people who are looking at this problem from different lenses, different perspectives, to be able to come up with solutions that can be delivered; solutions that are practical,” he said.

Advertisement

“I believe the GNU is that structure . . . that we need to help us move forward,” he added.

Nyati cited the progress and conscious effort made by employees of Eskom in addressing loadshedding. He argued that the lessons learned at Eskom were transferable to many of the other State-owned entities, such as Transnet, as well as municipalities.

“We need to understand the value of leadership.”

Hence, he noted the importance of PPPs, especially as the country continued its shift towards increased renewable-energy generation.

“We have realised that we cannot do this all by ourselves. We have to work very closely with the private sector.”

Further, Nyati also noted the importance of digital skills and the opportunity that digital skills brought with regard to addressing challenges of high unemployment in the country.

“If we were to just transcend those differences, it's amazing the great things that we can be able to achieve just by transcending and working together . . . We need to embrace one another.

“Let's focus on what is common, because if we do that, this country certainly will achieve its greatness that we are destined to have,” he expressed.

EMAIL THIS ARTICLE      SAVE THIS ARTICLE ARTICLE ENQUIRY

To subscribe email subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za or click here
To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Comment Guidelines

About

Polity.org.za is a product of Creamer Media.
www.creamermedia.co.za

Other Creamer Media Products include:
Engineering News
Mining Weekly
Research Channel Africa

Read more

Subscriptions

We offer a variety of subscriptions to our Magazine, Website, PDF Reports and our photo library.

Subscriptions are available via the Creamer Media Store.

View store

Advertise

Advertising on Polity.org.za is an effective way to build and consolidate a company's profile among clients and prospective clients. Email advertising@creamermedia.co.za

View options

Email Registration Success

Thank you, you have successfully subscribed to one or more of Creamer Media’s email newsletters. You should start receiving the email newsletters in due course.

Our email newsletters may land in your junk or spam folder. To prevent this, kindly add newsletters@creamermedia.co.za to your address book or safe sender list. If you experience any issues with the receipt of our email newsletters, please email subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za