Female candidates will get a bonus five points more than their male counterparts when the ANC begins its process of selecting candidates for mayoral positions this week — purely on the basis of their gender.
, the ANC has set out a range of criteria to measure the competency of their municipal and metro candidates. understands that the ANC committee tasked with interviewing mayors met on Thursday to discuss and adopt the strategy the party will use in the process.
Those applying for the position of metro mayors must have leadership experience in a public or private sector organisation with more than 100 employees, with exposure to strategic planning, performance management and labour relations. Mayors of smaller municipalities need to have worked in a leadership position in an organisation with at least 50 employees.
In municipalities, the mayor is required to have a minimum of a matric certificate with recognition of prior learning. Other important attributes of the incumbents must be the ability to quickly grasp complex issues, to lead and hold a coherent debate and conversation, and to communicate effectively, the document states. It adds that without these leadership attributes, a lot of issues in council end up being subjected to voting, which may not always lead to the best decisions taken.
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