City Manager of Cape Town Lungelo Mbandazayo invites Muhammad Hussain to his office, where he discusses the need to separate politics from the administrative running of a city and why his Pan-Africanism does not hinder his performance as a technocrat.
to his office, where he discusses the need to separate politics from the administrative running of a city and why his Pan-Africanism does not hinder his performance as a technocrat.
As the city manager of one of South Africa’s star capitals, Lungelo Mbandazayo feels that his role as an administrator is made more complex by nationally-decided decisions. "Local government is over-regulated, to the extent of being strangled," he says."And they [the government] are now asking for service delivery, yet you have to navigate between the six pieces of legislation and that takes you nine months before you can deliver."Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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