ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe recent
ly called on his party`s municipal councillors to up their act as their failure has the potential of causing the ruling party to lose two metropolitan municipalities in 2011.
ly called on his party`s municipal councillors to up their act as their failure has the potential of causing the ruling party to lose two metropolitan municipalities in 2011.Mantashe was addressing about 500 ANC councillors in Gauteng. The two metros which are the targets of the coaliation of opposition parties are Nelson Mandela, Tshwane and possibly Ekurhuleni.
He further cautioned councillors against the scramble for resources, political infighting and awarding of jobs for pals as having the potential to destroy the party.
These sentiments have since been echoed by ANC Youth League president Julius Malema during this year`s Peter Mokaba Memorial Lecture in Vereeniniging, South of Johannesburg.
Malema said, "To be a mayor, to be a councillor, to be a premier, minister or president is not different from being a priest - it is a calling...the generation of 1976 did not march so that people could reserve jobs for friends...people who enter politics must not expect to be rich.
In an effort to improve the state of governance at local level and maintain some visible depth of skills and experience the ANC will conduct a performance assessment of councillors which must be completed by the end of December this year.
This assessment will cover three broad areas - council work, political work and personal development.
Adding more flesh to this theme in an an article in the ANC online newsletter, ANC Today, Mantashe further said,"To ensure continuity and improvement of our performance, we must strive for the retention of experience...councillors and our branches must be part of the presidential crack team fighting crime and corruption.
We surely are destined for exciting times.
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