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R5bn SAA guarantee staved off risk for all SOEs – Jonas

R5bn SAA guarantee staved off risk for all SOEs – Jonas

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20th September 2016

By: News24Wire

  

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If South African Airways had not received a R5-billion going concern guarantee, it would have posed a systemic risk to all state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in South Africa, Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas said on Tuesday.

Jonas, who made a few introductory remarks, was part of a delegation from National Treasury and SAA who briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance on the airline’s preliminary financial statements for 2014/15.

He said SAA would have been unable to finalise their financial statements without a guarantee. “But it would have been been prudent to give that kind of support without first mitigating the fiscal risk.”

Jonas pointed out that SOEs’ financial position poses a significant risk to South Africa’s fiscal position. In fact, the financial well-being of all CEOs is being taken into account when rating agencies assess South Africa’s credit risk.

Before handing over to acting CEO Musa Zwane, Jonas said the R4.7-billion guarantee SAA received put the airline in a position to finalise sets of financial statements for both 2014-15 and 2015-16.

The 2015-16 financial statements would be finalised before September 30 this year, Jonas said.

Edited by News24Wire

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