The election of new leadership to the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) now means that, for the first time in many years, the governing party has a functioning elected leadership for both of its main leagues.
The issue of economic upliftment has always been part and parcel of the ANC. Despite this, writes Mayihlome Tshwete, the party is failing to address it urgently and this could have implications for it further down the line.
Research into ongoing failure to address Auditor-General (AG) reports showing persistent state abuse of government funds was initiated by Professor Ben Turok, the founding director of the Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA) in late 2019, just a month before his death.
Turok was adamant that he did not want “another report”. He did not want examples of all the weaknesses, revealed by the work of the AG. He wanted a developmental project that would change things. This should focus on the role of Parliament as an institution of our democracy, as part of the system of checks and balances, which had clearly gone wrong. IFAA will launch “Checks and Balances: The Auditor-General Project Report” on Thursday 4 March 2021.