Dear: Cadres I have being fortunate to participate in a academic assigment to evaluate our performace as government for the past 15yrs of democracy during freedom in our life time and largely the recent spate or outbreak of service delivery falls within our terms of reference:
The main problem or challenge that fuel this service delivery is the unfortunate reality that our ANC led Government pays scant regard to principles communications. In most cases we make unrealistic promises and naturally that raise legitimate expectations from our people. Instead of doing the honourable thing of convening them again to tell them that we are constrained to deliver we leave them to stress about our sincerity. I am more than confident that if all of us can emulate Cde J Zuma example, who by yesterday reported to the country that the 500 000 jobs he promised to facilitate will be affected by the slow recovery of economy. Today we all understand that our ANC led government has some economic constrains to meet realistic promises we made during State of the Nation address. Why can't we do the same at local government level. This all boils to how we value the strategic importance of communication in complementing our relationship with the public. Proactive communication scuppers any chances of reaction from any quarters. Thabo Lekhu > Municipalities have intergrated development plans which are suppose to > be guiding them on what to do and those plans are suppose to be informed > by the needs of the people. They are also required by the systems act to > review the plans annually in consultation with the communities but if > that is really happening its another question. In most of the districts > municipalities, if not even all we have an office called performance, > implementation, monitoring service centres that are there to capacitate > and assist Municipalities but the question will be are they use > effectively or are they effective in assisting the Municipalities? > > > > We cannot be talking about capacity from day one up until the end of > term cause I believe our councilors are capacitated enough as they are > in most of the time not available attending workshops. But the question > again that I might be asking myself is: are they learning in those > workshops or it's just an outing but also the follow-up evaluation of > the effectiveness of the trainings its something that I think its > lacking. > > > > Dumisani Tuis- Court Manager > > Department of Justice & Constitutional Development- Victoria West Office > > Tel: 053-6210007 > > Fax: 0865070204 > > Cell: 0736430439 > > > > "The possibility that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us > from the support of a cause we believe to be just"- Abraham Lincoln > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jacob Motlhoare > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Re: Service Delivery Protests > > > > > > I personally feel that over and above the audit, Municipalities (Mayors > and Councillors) should have the needs analysis of each community > aligned to the year plan for the durations of their term of Office. > There should be a Provincial meetings of all Municipalities on each > Province three times a year where they are going to monitor progress of > each Municipalities and made them to account. One area that we are > forgetting to touch on is the issue of capacity/capability, the literacy > level of some of our Councillors is questionable. The issue of Induction > Training for them before they resume office needs to be taken into > considerations also. Cde Dumisani you raised an important issue of > meetings/report-back, Councillors should know that communication is the > best policy and they should not promise communities something they can`t > achieve/deliver. If all these is done, the issue of service delivery > will be a thing of the past. > > > > Jacob Motlhoare > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tuis Dumisani > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Re: Service Delivery Protests > > > > Cde Frank the reality here is that most of our councilors have failed us > and the revolution. In our local government election manifesto we made a > commitment that councilors with meet with the people atleast every month > to brief them about any developments in the Municipality and the > councilors then made a commitment to the movement and the people. But if > you look in most of the Municipalities councilors meets with the people > once in year if they are fortunate or when there is a crisis like the > protests then you will see them > > > > On the other hand as the structures of the movement we have also > abandoned our responsibilities to play the oversight role on the > councilors and the Municipalities. In other areas you find it very > pathetic where the Mayor have to report to the Municipal Manager or > officials and have to please the officials when he/ she needs something > and it was suppose to be vise versa. Infrastructure development it's a > mistry in our communities, our government have invested a lot on > infrastructure development but some of our Municipalities are failing to > utilize the money effectively. > > > > I think it is correct that a thorough audit should be done of all ANC > led municipalities and we should not leave any stone untouched and moved > very fast to correct what ever is wrong. What happened to project > consolidate? That was a brilliant idea to rescue out Municipalities. > > > > Let's take decisive actions now in order to ensure victory in 2011 > elections cause the third force is busy making our areas ungovernable. > > > > Dumisani Tuis- Court Manager > > Department of Justice & Constitutional Development- Victoria West Office > > Tel: 053-6210007 > > Fax: 0865070204 > > Cell: 0736430439 > > > > "The possibility that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us > from the support of a cause we believe to be just"- Abraham Lincoln > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of frank talk > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Service Delivery Protests > > > > Revolutionary greetings > > > > The recent spate of service delivery protest is leaving me restless. I > wonder how conversant are we with the entire nature of these protests. > Comrades I would like us to engage on this very pertinent matter before > it elevates itself to another levels. > > > > The ANCYL has made a call for ANC leaders in all govt spheres to visit > affected communities in order to understand people's concerns - this > needs to be applauded! > > > > However, a question that is lingering is the one that says, as true > revolutionaries how do should we respond? > > > > Let's engage! > > > > Talk Frank > > > > > > NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice > which can be viewed at http://www.doj.gov.za/about_web/disclaimer.htm > If you are unable to access the Disclaimer, send an email request for > the disclaimer to [email protected] and we will send you a copy > of the Disclaimer. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > CONFIDENTIAL CAUTION > This e-mail, its attachments and any privileges/rights attaching hereto, > are, unless the context obviously indicates otherwise, the property of > Gold Fields Limited and/or its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as > "Gold Fields"). 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