POLICY
AYABONGA CAWE: ANC’s difficult task is to add flesh to the bones of its decisions
Jacob Zuma understands unimplemented conference resolutions are a tool just waiting to be used
In taking stock of the outcomes of the ANC’s December conference and its January 8 statement, it is clear that the conference resolutions carry a mix of hope, rhetorical commitment and, in some instances, a tinge of urgency. The ink will be dry on the paper the resolutions are printed on before they are evaluated and monitored, let alone implemented. In a politically charged environment, resolutions and "announcements" like the one on free education will seldom enjoy the luxury of multiyear consultations, drafting and review before scrutiny. ANC party bosses understand this, and the value of a rhetorical commitment to land reform, free education and greater support to small business and co-operatives, for example. Such commitments boost the morale and confidence of those within and outside the ANC, while also serving as a pending promise to be picked up (at some point in the future) by those disaffected by the direction of the organisation. Remember Mcebo Dlamini leading the march o...
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