-
South Africa: Will Ramaphosa Have the Stomach to Tighten Cadre Deployment Measures?
News24Wire, 21 January 2020
At the heart of the ANC's rot, endemic systemic corruption and moral decay, many have argued, is the parachuting of poor yet politically connected comrades into powerful positions. Read more »
-
South Africa: Ramaphosa Promises End to Employing Poorly Qualified, Politically Connected People
News24Wire, 20 January 2020
While struggling state-owned enterprises such as Eskom and SAA are diminishing the state's capacity, the practice of parachuting poorly qualified, but politically connected, people… Read more »
Can South Africa's Ramaphosa Tighten Cadre Deployment Measures?
In what has now been dubbed "nine wasted years", the evolution of cadre deployment produced devastating consequences, with many politically aligned senior officials linked to poor performance at best and corruption in the worst cases, writes News24's Lizeka Tandwa. This comes as the South African President pledged to end deployment of poorly qualified affiliates in key state posts while wanting the African Naitonal Congress to scrutinise the résumés of councillors and hold those who are failing to account.
InFocus
-
A high court in South Africa has passed a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications for municipalities that fail to carry out their constitutional duty to citizens, writes The ... Read more »
-
Opposition parties the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters have slammed the inclusion of Krish Naidoo and Febe Potgieter-Gqubule as candidates to the permanent ... Read more »
-
It has been confirmed that Brian Molefe, the former boss of energy giant Eskom, will be appointed to a cabinet post, despite damning evidence in the State Capture Report by former ... Read more »
