Getting local government on track will mean reversing some ideological imperatives that are central to the outlook of the ANC. This includes the complete abrogation of the politicisation of administrations – ‘cadre deployment’ – and their professionalisation.
The president’s state of the nation address (Sona) provides an annual “opportunity” (an SA cliché if ever there was one) to review past successes and failures, and to set out the course ahead. Lately, the successes have been outweighed by the failures and the course ahead has been anything but clear.
The African National Congress (ANC) said it intends to appeal the decision of the Johannesburg High Court in relation to the application brought by the official opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA).