1st Edition
Civil Society Organisations and State-Owned Enterprises in South Africa Promoting Accountability and Corporate Governance
This book examines the important role which civil society organisations in South Africa play in challenging poor corporate governance in state-owned enterprises and demanding better government accountability, transparency and citizen participation.
The book provides a powerful examination of the shortcomings in corporate governance in South Africa’s state-owned enterprises, highlighting how civil society organisations, as citizen representatives, can push for change. It examines the legal provisions used by civil society organisations in South Africa to advance good corporate governance and accountability in state-owned enterprises. The book demonstrates the need for an enabling legal environment for civil society organisations to challenge poor governance in state-owned enterprises. Also critical is enforcing laws, so those responsible for poor corporate governance in SOEs are held accountable.
The book will be useful to policy advisors, public servants and social justice activists, as well as to postgraduate students and researchers who are interested in African governance and accountability.
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes and Bills
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Civil Society Organisations’ Role in Public Governance in South Africa
Chapter 3: Corporate Governance in State-Owned Enterprise
Chapter 4: SOEs Corporate Governance Regulatory Framework
Chapter 5: Transparency and Accountability in State-Owned Enterprises
Chapter 6: SOE Corporate Governance Failures In South Africa
Chapter 7: Civil Society Organisations Advancing Good Governance in State-Owned Enterprises
Chapter 8: Legal Provisions Used by Civil Society Organisations
Chapter 9: CSO’s Ideology Behind The Legal Strategies Used
Chapter 10: Conclusion and Recommendations
Appendices
Index
Biography
Julieth Gudo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the TY Danjuma Fund for Law and Policy Development in Africa at the Centre for Comparative Law in Africa (CCLA), Commercial Law Department, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town.
