I hope and pray that the revelations of egregious looting of state resources that have been made at the Zondo Commission will make us understand that no nation has ever grown wealth for all and flourished without rooting out corruption comprehensively.
Many of these acts of theft date back to more than a decade because the criminal justice system was systematically weakened and undermined. It is therefore not surprising that our GDP per capita rates have been in decline for so long. This should worry you.
A more worrying development is that this has now morphed into a culture since the ANC gained political power. It all started with the original sin of the arms deal.
To root out this practice at all levels of government will require more than the resources
of the NPA and the Hawks. We must expose such criminality without hesitation ourselves.
How is it possible that all municipalities under the ANC are wrecked by malfeasance? This is straight from the AGSA reports. And yet municipalities in the WC fair better?
President Ramaphosa will need to demonstrate nerves of steel and courage to push back dissenting factions in his party that are determined to fight for protection from prosecution. That battle is bound to intensify with the arrest of the ANC SG.
More senior members of the ANC shall be prosecuted in the weeks and months ahead. This is bound to shake the structural integrity of the party, or whatever remains of it. The ANC will Not survive this turmoil. It will have to reinvent and reposition itself.
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In 2016, my reading of the socio-economic dynamics and trends in South Africa up to then, and an understanding of the ANC rigidity to archaic dogma and a corrosive culture of patronage, inspired my boldness to develop South Africa Scenario 2030.
In that scenario, I could foresee a progressive erosion of political support for the ANC driven by its failure to pursue and focus on the national interest leading to finally losing its majority power in 2024 and being forced into a coalition with the DA.
It was also very clear to me then than the internecine battles within the party, and an absence of strong leadership following the exit of Thabo Mbeki, was going to be a major impediment to its ability to adapt itself to post democratic needs of society.
Our fiscal crisis exists because we created it.
Our democratic transition compelled us to run an efficient state beaurocracy to achieve equity in provision of public services.
1st priority was to have top class revenue collection and Treasury.
Discounting some hiccups in these areas, we have done well.
Now SARS urgently needs more resources. We must grant them. Whatever it takes.
We now also need to adopt a technocratic approach to eliminate inefficiencies and incompetence in our state system.
The GNU provides the operational mindset to achieve that.
We must treat incompetence, inefficiencies and corruption as crises.
This will develop sure pathway to balancing our national budget.
Do not focus on the inconvenience created by Trump.
The appointment of old and retired cadres as convenors in GP and KZN sends a clear message that the ANC has run out of steam and ideas.
This decline was easily predictable from 2007.
It's painful to see a once glorious movement degenerate so miserably.
The indisputable fact is that organizational renewal requires clear strategy and rigorous and dispassionate execution.
There is currently no leader with indisputable courage to do that!!
So, the ignominious end is unavoidable.
What you see now is just hubris.
I know what I'm talking about fro dealing with the subject for over thirty years.
I have also written books about it.
It's an uncomfortable subject for the ANC leadership.
But ignoring advice will not slow down the degeneration.
I find it difficult to find fault with this clearly honest SONA speech evaluation.
The focus is on primary challenges the most impor4ant of which is dysfunctional municipalities.
This is where job creating factories are created. outa.co.za/blog/newsroom-…
Government states that the District Model shall fix the wrongs in munics.
Strategically this has to be premised on a clear articulation of primary problems and structural weaknesses.
And an explanation of why some munics work while most don't.
This is missing
Further, a clear articulation of constraints to effective execution of this new approach is missing.
Without these grounding factors, the intention in SONA on munics is a blissful wish list.
I'm open to views in the contrary.
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If you seriously reflect on how the ANC Tripartite Alliance govmnt has destroyed the capability of the state system, and municipalities under its control, through leadership incompetence, this country should be the leader in rolling anti-government protests.
Regardless of this serious indictment, party leaders and their zealots, continue to claim that they are the 'Leader' of society.
This term applies to pre-democratic liberation struggle phase to mobilize people around one mission to defeat apartheid.
It's a meaningless concept to the last three generations.
The challenges now in our diverse country are about economic growth and social upliftment.
The ANC have demonstrated with abundant evidence in the past 2 decades that they cannot be trusted to deliver
The universal truth and reality is that aggregate national growth is driven by metropolitan cities Not national governments.
In South Africa therefore, the GNU is less important.
A party that controls a well run Metro shall win national support.
The ANC did not lose majority power because of bad national policies. Yes, their misaligned policies and "Party-State" mindset derailed focus from the national interests.
The electorate punished them for dysfunctional municipalities under their control.
Lessons: 1. Win the Metros outright or agree a solid coalition to grow national support. 2. Ensure that worldclass leadership and competencies are employed 3. Completely eliminate political interference through well drafted municipal legislation