The Citizen reports that Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs and ANC National Executive Committee member Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma had laid down the law by asking the ANC to appoint the right cadres with the right skills to do the jobs in municipalities.  

Addressing a dialogue organised by the OR Tambo School of Leadership on Sunday, the minister called for a change in the manner that cadres were deployed to municipalities if the ideal of a developmental state was to be realised.  “We need a new attitude on how we deploy our members to the local sphere of government.  Cadre deployment is good but it must be done properly.  All those deployed must possess the required skills and capacity to do the job,” Dlamini-Zuma pointed out.  She said it was an anomaly that the ANC deployed the most junior members to run municipalities and that senior members of the party should instead be appointed.  Moreover, there was a worrying attitude in SA where members joined local government as a last resort deployment.  The quality of the service delivery to the people in most cases left much to be desired, especially in rural areas and urban townships, Dlamini-Zuma lamented.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Eric Naki on page 2 of The Citizen of 22 June 2020

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