There were no state-owned enterprises up until 2006 when parliament enacted a law called the Public Enterprises Governance Act, 2 of 2006 as amended by the State-owned Enterprises Governance Amendment Act, 5 of 2008 and lastly the Public Enterprises Governance Act, 1 of 2019, which seems to be repealed. The Public Enterprises Governance Act defines a board as the board of directors of public enterprises, by whatever name called, holding positions comparable with those of the board of directors of a company. It’s weird to note that the Public Enterprises Act did not state the functions and powers of board of directors of public enterprises, but it states the functions and powers of the minister (minister of public enterprises). This means Cabinet members have a duty of policy making and giving directives to public enterprises, but not to be involved in the day-to-day management of such public enterprises. An example of such overreach is the reported removal of the Namibia Airports Company board of directors by the line minister.