YEAR IN REVIEW
NATASHA MARRIAN: Damning lessons on rotten governance
The fight has just begun against poor governance and while winning it is a long shot, it is not impossible, writes Natasha Marrian
Through the tumult and noise that characterised 2016, above all else, it was a lesson in bad governance. From 9/12 — when Nhlanhla Nene was dumped as finance minister by President Jacob Zuma — for the rest of the year, the degeneration of the state of governance was laid bare. It starkly showed how little regard there is for the National Development Plan, which espouses building a state capable of playing a developmental and transformative role, one in which the public service is insulated from political interference, one that is staffed with experienced, skilled and competent individuals, and one in which there are clear governance structures and a stable leadership of state-owned entities to achieve their developmental potential. The Constitutional Court judgment on Nkandla was the first among the lessons in poor governance SA received. A full bench of Constitutional Court justices spelled out eloquently in painstaking detail the duties of the head of state and of Parliament. I wi...
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