🔒When the ANC doesn't trust its own to be a watchdog: Northern Cape ANC allows DA to chair watchdog standing committee on public accounts. ANC zerotrust Click here ➡️
General views of the African National Congress headquarters Luthuli House in Johannesburg, 9 December 2020. Picture: Michel Bega
The ANC in the Northern Cape has done the unthinkable. It has made a bold move in approving the Democratic Alliance to chair the watchdog standing committee on public accounts in the provincial legislature.To show it meant business, it removed its Scopa chair, Father Gift van Staden, and replaced him with DA’s MPL, Rhoda Fawzia, on Wednesday.would avoid giving the DA the task due to its vociferous oversight approach in holding the executive to account.
“We are unwavering in our stance of ensuring hastened accountability, deepened oversight that is beyond reproach and fostering a culture of total adherence to fiscal best practices,” Ngxanga said. Under ANC chair and premier Zamani Saul, the governance approach had moved towards strict accountability by public officials.Soon after he was elected as premier in 2019, Saul ordered that there would be no new cars for the premier, nor MECs. The government would, instead, purchase more ambulances and prioritise the people.
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