Cde Mdu, Which competent deployee is leaving the Presidency?. I like your response but I do not agree that people who are leaving the Presidency are doing that because of cronysm, are you saying LK is a crony to the President?. Is it not a fact that since ZK joined the Presidency, the communication has improved in the Presidency? I am just checking my comrades.
Comradely, On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Mduduzi H Vilakazi <[email protected]>wrote: > Cdes and Leaders, > > With the fear that I have absconded from contributing to this forum for > quiet some time now, I am tempted to put oil in an already burning fire. I > will try not to be controversial as always but will not spare my words to > nurse egos and feelings of those who will be fortunate to read this > engagement. > Cde Kaizer wrote a very interesting input. However, I have some statements > I would want to differ with. The statements in quotes are statements > extracted from Cde Kaizer's input. I will afterwards provide my view in > terms of the statements. > > Let me begin - "... it is not acceptable that we should think that > communities were wrong to protest and demand what belongs to them in terms > of basic services like housing, water, electricity, and many other > services". If we continue with the notion of "demanding" basic services, I > bet, as a country we will always be in fire. Water and electricity should be > services that are non-negotiable and the leaders that should be deployed > after next years elections should keep that in mind. With regard to housing > and other services like roads infrastructure, one will rely on the limited > resources to ensure that these infrastructure is provided for. > > It is in these services (construction) where we mainly need public service > of our public representative. The tender process is a serious delay of > provision of such services. Our public representatives should open lines of > communication with communities to ensure that information on progress is > disseminated. In most cases than not, in all the areas where the were > violent protests, nothing has been done except that explanations were given > to communities on why such services could not be provided this financial > year and so forth. > > So, Cde Kaizer is right to say communities are correct to demand their > rightful services, however our representatives should not wait for > communities to put pressure before such services are provided. Our > representatives should be the face of the organisation thus advocate for > what the organisation stands for through their government responsibilities. > It is not correct to support rather a tradition that makes government to > work for the people after the people have protested for services. > > "... when we discover corruption in municipalities, we should equally find > out why political appointees like Mayors failed to see this corruption." The > only way Mayors could find out about corruption is through external > investigations which are commissioned by councils. In provincial and > national governments, the accounting officers can commission investigations > but in municipalities, almost everything must be approved by council or be a > standing resolution of SALGA. This situation nullifies powers of the Mayor > and the Mayoral committee. Until we correct the modus operandi, which should > be the task of the incoming deployees, our municipalities will not take us > forward. > > However, it becomes a different case where the council does not know its > powers, Mayors get worshiped by members of council. Whatever they say, goes > while service delivery get hampered by their decisions. It will be a > different case if most powers are vested on Mayoral Committees just like in > provincial and national governments where most powers are vested in cabinet. > One hardly finds a national department or provincial government being put > under administration in terms of section 100 but there are many > municipalities put under administration. It is because major decision making > lies with a big forum like council - in this case infightings and factions > overshadows the will of the ruling organisation. > > "...no commander will choose soldiers who do not believe in him or her, > lest there be a mutiny at a very critical moment of the war." In the ANC, we > believe in one center which is the ANC. The statement by Cde Kaizer openly > supports crony-sm, nepotism and the selection of yes persons to surround the > leader. Cde Pallo couldnt make it to the 1999 - 2004 cabinet because he did > not agree with the Cde TM. Same applies to Mokaba and others. > > In the current situation, the presidency is experiencing an exodus of > competent staff because of the same crony-sm. Selection of the Mayoral > Committees in the ANC-led municipalities should be okayed by the PEC of the > ANC. We have, as an organisation, created work for pals in the name of trust > and believe. The ANC today is not holding as a centre because those in > echelons of leadership are selective on issues and want to act quickly if > the person is not subscribing to their factional tendencies. A clear example > is Cde Vavi who stands firm against corruption and crony-sm. > > So, the leaders that we need in municipalities post local government > elections should fight against nepotism, crony-sm, tribalism and any other > negative -sm. They must recognise all members of the organisation as equal > but with different capabilities. > > "... The previously, 1996 class project led government ..." I do not agree > with this phase on the basis that since 1994, we never had a government that > was not led by the ANC. It is very dangerous to remove a certain epoch and > place it under a faction or a system. The ANC manifesto recognises the > progress and the failures of the ANC-led government since 1994. It > never separated any epoch because of some elements within the movement that > advocated a different agenda. > > I will advise comrades to re-read or read the document of the SACP that > speaks about the 1996 class project. It does not recognise the project as an > institution or organisation. The document does not describe the project as > an individual but a system that needed to be dealt with. There are many of > those today who speak against the 1996 class project but are central in > keeping the project alive. The project was not defeated in Polokwane. We > might have changed the use of the language but the project is what Cde Blade > and Cde Vavi are currently fighting. Tenderprenuership of a selected few who > do tenders in all provinces through corrupt means is but a perpetuation of > the 1996 class project. Having close allies of our leaders in mining, IT, > phone and monopoly businesses is what was observed as a 1996 class project, > and the examples are limitless. > > "In many municipalities, Municipal Managers were and continue to be the > most corrupt people, despite their masters’ degree etc..." This statement > projects education as a cause for corruption. As a developmental state we > need more focus on education and statements like these do not appreciate > excellence. We have many technocrats of government who were self taught but > are organic intellectuals and committed to the struggle. In the same way we > have government technocrats that can neither read nor write, who are a > burden of government. > > Many scholars and researchers have confirmed that those with education are > better competent and good managers than those without education. Though > debatable, we as a country, need an educated workforce in the fields of > engineering, IT, Education, commerce and project management. Such a > workforce will assist in developing and sustaining our country. Most of > those who are economically active are unemployable in these fields. So, > competence and education should be promoted at all cost. In fact we need > engineers who can sacrifice their huge salaries in the private sector and > assist government to build schools, roads, clinics etc... > > In conclusion, I agree with Cde Kaizer that communities should demand what > is rightfully theirs. I agree that we need leaders with traceable struggle > credentials who are loyal to the movement and the citizens. 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