The document called "RDP of the soul" is the most interesting, for it acknowledges that "liberation brought us a packet of problems", including a lack of governing experience, the "dictatorship of capital" and the "Western imperialist empire"; a population explosion; and crime.
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A high-level ANC task team has proposed that the party form a structure similar to the central control and auditing commission of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation to stem corruption resulting from unregulated business activity by party members, writes Vicki Robinson.
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"Cadres learn ways of dragging [out] issues and make use of the country's legal processes to delay, if not frustrate, the movement's own processes … Cadres have made creative use of the concept 'innocent until proven guilty'."
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It says that a structure similar to the control and auditing commission of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation would enable the ANC to enforce its disciplinary code more effectively than the party's current disciplinary committee, which is hamstrung by resource deficiencies and due process constraints.
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A central problem it identifies is that despite increased overall allocations to education, provincial spending as a share of provinces' budgets has been falling -- from 45,7% in 2002/03 to 44,7% the following year. A further fall, to 42,8%, is projected in 2008/09.
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In her budget speech to the National Council of Provinces in May last year, Pandor pinpointed this slide. She said that in addressing the "poor learning outcomes in the majority of our schools", provinces "cannot escape scrutiny … Lacklustre attention to ensuring adequate numbers of teachers, to devising efficient LTSM [learning and teaching support materials], to achieving quality and success for all, can no longer be tolerated and excused". She returned to similar themes when releasing the matric results in December.
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The document proposes that white commercial farmland be redistributed to farm-dwellers and workers through the redistribution programme. "If white commercial farmland is redistributed to the farm-dwellers and workers, tenure insecurity and the possibility of evictions will be eliminated."
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"Policy and budgeting for courts and all matters relating to the administration of the justice system are the responsibility of the member of Cabinet responsible for the administration of justice," says the policy document.
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In 2005, the government tabled draft laws to amend the Constitution to make changes to the operation of the judiciary as well as other areas, like judicial conduct.
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