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The SA Politics Thread Part 6
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ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
She would be on the money if they deployed political people to those posts without a doubt.
If the DA wants to "control" the hiring process for the DG's then it may not be cadre deployment if they hire competent people who were the pick of the crop of those who applied.
TheChamp
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Or even head of some oversight committee in parliament.
ForceFate
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It is.
TheChamp
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If a deployed cadre is competent, they are no longer a deployed cadre?
TheChamp
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It's never what it looks like when it's the DA doing it.
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ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
If they were the pick of the crop of people who applied for a position in terms of meeting the skills and education requirements, I'd say that they would skirt the definition of a deployed cadre.
Or at least would be an acceptable deployed cadre.
Mike Hoxbig
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Except it's not some secret meeting behind closed doors at the party's headquarters that decides who gets appointed. They will have to apply for those positions.
Even Ramaphosa's biggest praise-singer seems to think it's not unreasonable...
R13...
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A minister usually appoints their own DG, makes sense that they not be saddled with a potentially hostile appointment.
TheChamp
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I know and I am fine with it, it's the hypocrisy I cannot stand.
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wingnut771
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COSATU is feeling what real democracy is when your side loses.
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I'm not suggesting it's wrong to appoint based on certain fundamental principles of the party. Nothing wrong if done properly. Look at Tim Harris.
Kosmik
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I think that is the better route for the minnows.
Kosmik
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Nah, I think what most folks use the term cadre deployment for is when a person is just shuffled into a post or being a "yes man" or "party line" etc. If the person is competent and can actually do the job without corruption etc, then that's not really what I see as cadre. Cadre to me is non merit or merit abused.
TheChamp
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It should be something that's embraced for accountability purposes, if Scopa is given to opposition parties, there's no reason why more committees aren't headed by opposition parties.
But our political parties have always treated all the positions as a chance to spread patronage.
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Mike Hoxbig
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This is from just dithering about.
If the EFF gets anywhere near, the pain will be real...
If the EFF gets anywhere near, the pain will be real...
Kosmik
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11/30 doesn't seem unreasonable.
ANC - 39.8% , DA 21.8% , that's 1/3 and 2/3 roughly.
Of course if you split the rest amongst GNU, it gets less for both. Hence that spreadsheet earlier which takes into account proportions of the GNU.
Mmmm, can we now claim that political parties are into currency manipulation?
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