For more than two decades South Africans have suffered incompetence, corruption and a lack of accountability in local, provincial and national government, as well as at top state-owned entities such as Eskom.
It is common cause that the majority of cadre appointees have not been able to offer much more than political loyalty, which influence has all but paralysed public administration. The increasing evidence of corruption has also coincided with numerous service delivery protests throughout the country, as well as reports that the financial state of municipalities continues to weaken...
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