The African National Congress (ANC) and the Cadre Deployment Policy in the Postapartheid South Africa: A Product of Democratic Centralisation or a Recipe for a Constitutional Crisis?

Twala, Chitja

doi:10.1080/09718923.2014.11893352

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“…A discourse, also referred to earlier, draws from the Foucauldian meaning of the word, in that it is a means of constituting knowledge, together with the social practices, forms of subjectivity and power relations which inhere in such knowledges and relations between them (Foucault, 1980). A discourse of nepotism, or favouring individuals with similar political or social affiliations, can also be construed as corruption, for example, in SA, cadre deployment of District Subject Advisers, by certain unions (the deployment of union members in key positions in order for that union to attain power within the system), has had a negative impact; not only on negative perceptions of appointment processes, but also equally on teacher skills and credibility of advisers more generally (Franks, 2014;Twala, 2014). Some deployments of this type are offered to people who lack the requisite skills to perform their role and end up advising teachers who effectively know more than they do.…”

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Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform

Ehren

Baxter

2020

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This global collection brings a new perspective to the field of comparative education by presenting trust, capacity and accountability as the three building blocks of education systems and education system reform. In exploring how these three factors relate to student learning outcomes across different international contexts, this book provides a powerful framework for a more equal system.Drawing upon research and case studies from scholars, policymakers and experts from international agencies across five continents, this book shows how trust, capacity and accountability interact in ways and with consequences that vary among countries, pointing readers towards understanding potential leverage points for system change.Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform illuminates how these three concepts are embedded in an institutional context temporally, socially and institutionally and offers an analysis that will be of use to researchers, policymakers and agencies working in comparative education and towards education system reform. CONTENTS vii x1 Trust, accountability and capacity: Three building blocks of education system reform 1

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Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform

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2020

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“…Cadre deployment is the: … appointment of government party loyalist to an institution, as a means of circumventing public accountability and bringing the institution under the control of the party, as opposed to the state. (Van Onselen 2012:1) This means that the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs cannot address the skills deficit without considering the impact of cadre deployment on municipal governance (Twala 2014). Unlike other spheres of government and state-owned enterprises, at local government level, the executive mayor, through Section 56 of the Local Government Municipal Structures Act (RSA 1998), is empowered to implement the political mandate doing away with the need for cadre deployment within the administration.…”

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Understanding the impact of financial sustainability on South African municipalities

Mbulawa

2019

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa

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This article excludes the lack of skills and investigates systematic fiscal failure that results in negative audit outcomes as reported by the Auditor-General. Auditor-General's reports between 2006and the 2011 administrative years, Powell et al. (2014 concluded that 100% of clean audits will occur in the 2022/2023 fiscal year. Given the financial environment, Powell extrapolated that in the 2016/2017 fiscal year, South Africa should have achieved 60% clean audits. In reality, only 13% of the municipalities received clean audits in the 2016/2017 fiscal year. This means that the expected goal of a 100% success rate will have to be extended far beyond the 2022/2023 fiscal year. This leads to the following question: Will this elusive target be met, and if not, what are the influencing factors? The Auditor-General's report of 2016/2017 highlighted three key problems that need to be resolved in order to meet the elusive target: (1) addressing the lack of consequence management that leads to (2) noncompliance that leads to (3) irregular expenditure (RSA, AGSA 2017). The cycle repeats annually, resulting in increased irregular expenditure and poor financial governance. Based on the

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“…The purpose of this approach was to broaden the understanding of the concept of cadre deployment, its influence on good governance and accountability. Furthermore, there have been studies (Twala, 2014;Tshishonga, 2014;Kok, 2017) undertaken to understand the increasing emphasis being put on the need for the ANC to do away with cadre deployment, citing the adverse implication it has on good governance and accountability. Therefore, the vast availability of literature and the employed research approach will allow the paper to draw a meaningful conclusion.…”

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Governance and Cadre Deployment in South Africa

Mlambo

Zubane

Thusi

2022

Cihan U Erbil J H SOC SCI

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The former Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Zweli Mkhize, painted a bleak picture about the state of local government. The minister stated that 87 municipalities – about a third of South Africa’s total of 257 – remain dysfunctional or distressed. Underpinning this dysfunctionality was mismanagement due to political instability or interference, corruption and incompetence. This then results in poor service delivery, thus prolonging the periods of underdevelopment and poor access to basic services. This paper argues that cadre deployment has hindered the effective service delivery in local municipalities, thus the domino effect has been riots, protests and wasteful expenditure at the local government level. This results in participatory exclusion when it comes to collective development. By strictly analysing relevant literature related to corruption, and cadre deployment within the local government domain in South Africa, it became evident that the quest for socio-economic development in rural areas is deeply dependent on local governance having competent and skilled personnel who would prioritise service delivery rather than political loyalty at the expense of development. Nonetheless, the main question going forward is to what extent will loyalty ahead of competence be at the core of municipal governance and what implications will this have for future developmental prospects, good governance and service delivery?

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The African National Congress (ANC) and the Cadre Deployment Policy in the Postapartheid South Africa: A Product of Democratic Centralisation or a Recipe for a Constitutional Crisis?

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Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform

Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform

Understanding the impact of financial sustainability on South African municipalities

Governance and Cadre Deployment in South Africa

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