Cadre deployment has been responsible for many of the governmental problems SA has experienced since the ANC won the 1994 elections
The decision by the Helen Suzman Foundation to call for transparency around the identities and appointments of special advisers to the president, deputy president, ministers and premiers must be welcomed. In a report dated September 9 and titled “", the foundation argues that transparency would help prevent the negative consequences of cadre deployment, nepotism and the appointment of unqualified individuals in these critical areas of governance.
For example, the Helen Suzman Foundation report refers to the former mineral resources minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, candidly admitting a few years ago that he had appointed two special advisers “without any knowledge of what they were doing for a living, or even if they were qualified for the position”. The reality is that this has been overwhelmingly the case with the appointment of almost all cadres of the ANC to government.
For example, the president's speeches have often left much to be desired, so knowing who wrote the speech is a legitimate question to ask. I have raised this issue with former president Kgalema Motlanthe on several occasions, and even made enquirieso no avail. As a writer who has been critical of the ANC I was naive to think I stood a chance.
The consequences of the bankrupt policy of ANC cadre deployment in the state-owned-enterprises, the public sector and all levels of government have become clear. It has facilitated the widespread corruption the media and the Zondo commission of inquiry have revealed. Almost every case of corruption that has been uncovered has been committed by people appointed in this manner. An astronomical amount of money has been misappropriated or stolen from the public purse by cadres of the ANC.
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