HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER
Out with Gigaba and in with a competent, diligent technocrat
The Department of Home Affairs needs an efficient leader to restore its standing at the core of the South African democratic project
The Department of Home Affairs is crying out for a competent, effective and efficient leader to repair its image among its multifarious stakeholders and restore its dignity and standing at the core of the South African democratic project. As pressure mounts on the minister, Malusi Gigaba, it is worth taking pause to consider the ideals and competencies a successor would embody. There have been eight separate tenures in the home affairs portfolio since the dawn of democracy in 1994. Aside from the nearly 10-year tenure of Mangosuthu Buthelezi between 1994 and 2004, most home affairs ministers had short-lived careers and little to show in the way of positive results. The exception has been Naledi Pandor’s largely productive and collaborative time as political head of the department, but since then it has suffered a succession of ill-fated and often disastrous appointees, culminating in the recent reappointment of one Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba. He is facing a barrage of questions that cas...
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