Not sure, and it's irrelevant. Just like the Cape Town Finance Department is not the DA, irrespective of which party members might support
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Not sure, and it's irrelevant. Just like the Cape Town Finance Department is not the DA, irrespective of which party members might support
True, one just can't help but notice.
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It is relevant because politicians set the parameters in which the functionaries have to work.
It doesn't make them "ANC" or "DA". Separate party and state people
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I don’t think it can be separated. If your municipality’s decisions are made by a political party, with the majority of seats, it will impact on the services that are delivered.
I agree that the political affiliation of the people who does the work will not affect the outcome.
konfab
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It is a nice ideal, but the ANC has a policy of cadre deployment, where they specifically "recommend" individuals who are politically affiliated.
Take "mr fixit" Brian Molefe:
http://whoswho.co.za/brian-molefe-5314
grok
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Amazing how much more you can do for your people when you don't steal half the money hey
Stealing is only a crime in a western paradigm, African masses suffer gladly so their leaders can drive wa Benz's.
As far as indigent goes, the DA can take over a year to allocate the grant, especially if you are white. I know a sick old lady who had to send someone to visit the council about 10 times because they queried everything and it took over a year to get the grant. Efforts to find out why went nowhere because the council Ombud is fake.
MickeyD
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You mean CoCT ?
cr@zydude
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He does, but other posters, also make this mistake, claiming that treasury is the ANC.
On topic, I'm glad that CT is spending on the poor. I may disagree with some DA policy points, but the seem to make fewer massive stuff ups than the ANC.
OMB
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how much logic fail can you actually get into one post? :wtf:
TEXTILE GUY
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Does the ANC realise this?
It is completely relevant.
One of the biggest problems with our government is that people see themselves are ANC members first and government employees second.
MickeyD
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Does the same apply for CoCT employees?
Because of the way the ANC currently operates anyone deployed in a senior government job is likely to be an ANC loyalist who toes the party line. Given their tendency to interfere it is more than reasonable to suspect the ANC having a hand in the bent of the report.
The warnings are based on the assumption the City is simply spending money without considering where it is going to come from. The details are also wrong in the news article. The City of Cape Town no longer gives 50 free units of electricity, but have changed it to 60 units for some, and 25 units for others, while tightening up the criteria for being eligible. This information is readily available and points both to the City being aware of the costs of their programs and the report potentially being politically motivated. Is the Treasury reigning in the real spendthrift municipalities?
The warnings are based on the assumption the City is simply spending money without considering where it is going to come from. The details are also wrong in the news article. The City of Cape Town no longer gives 50 free units of electricity, but have changed it to 60 units for some, and 25 units for others, while tightening up the criteria for being eligible. This information is readily available and points both to the City being aware of the costs of their programs and the report potentially being politically motivated. Is the Treasury reigning in the real spendthrift municipalities?
Well now let's not try to uniquely attribute such things to communists. Unless you think George Bush and David Cameron are also communists.
And nothing wrong with that.
Being run better than elsewhere does not mean there is no bureaucracy. Skin colour has nothing to do with it. The Ombud is not fake either. Like most such things it can take a while to get complaints processed.
No, because the DA, whatever their other failings might be, don't require party loyalty.
CT is the DA's flagship council as you know.
The Ombud requires that the department fix the problem before they can intervene.
In reality the department never reverts and the Ombud never intervenes or tracks the problem, hence no/few problems.
Grant
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yea - "a friend of mine" . . . . . . . . . .
i seem to recall you using that line in a response to a post of mine
i suspect you are sprouting crap as usual, given your bare naked hatred of the da and coct council.
but i also know an old pensioner lady who needed help.
she was slapped with a R500 fine when she should not have.
unlike the "sick old lady" you claim to know - mine was sorted out quickly bu the same coct you despise.
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if you are referring to a genuine matter and there is still a problem, feel free to pm me. i have a habit of lighting a fire under the fattest arse 1st to get things done, not going thru "the channels"