William Gumede: State failures will persist unless ANC genuinely renews itself - The party must rid itself of corruption, cadre deployment, incompetence and patriarchy but it’s not in the interest of some leaders and members to do so
, abolishing cadre deployment in favour of merit and making the state independent from the party.
The talk about renewal has become, like many other promised state reforms, a smokescreen to continue business as usual while pretending to do something. The ANC could not amend its constitution at its recent conference because the meeting did not have the required two-thirds majority as many delegates left after the elections for the top seven leaders were completed.
A key renewal — the principle of merit — will have to be introduced into the ANC so that it becomes a pillar of appointment and election in the party and government. The party will do well to set up an independent interview panel and ask for public nominations for parliamentary, provincial and councillor candidates, and interview a new cadre of honest, competent and ethnically inclusive leaders based on merit. This will bring fresh energy, thinking and competence to the ANC.
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