"The blackmail of thinking that cadreship is a sin is something that we should not entertain. To be a cadre of a movement is not a sin.

"Opponents of cadre deployment ... they confuse it with wrong deployment. It's not the same," he said in Johannesburg yesterday.

He was replying to a question on whether the ANC national executive committee would discuss the issue of cadre deployment and how it intended to tackle the problem, which had consistently been raised by the opposition and the public.

But Mantashe took the question with a pinch of salt, highlighting that deployments should be based on both loyalty and competence. The one must no be without the other.

"You need to have absolute trust between political leadership, administration and management or there can be a total misfire or a situation where a mayor and municipal manager are moving in totally different directions. We can see more disaster when that happens," he said.

Mantashe referred to the American political system where Republicans cling to the top echelons of government, with the Democrats being the top management.

"When the Democrats take over they do the same. It is never criticised as cadre deployment. It happens generally in politics that the top management and political party in power ... there must be a reconciliation of their understanding and implementation thereof."

It was the wrong appointments that were the problem, as this produced the wrong results, he said.

"If you are a political leader and you appoint dwarfs, you are pulling yourself down, but if you appoint giants around you, you know you can stand on the shoulders of giants. It's just a question of inferiority complex. When you have the fear of competence, you make the wrong appointments."

Mantashe said the ANC was committed to getting rid of officials who failed toperform.

The latest report by the auditor-general shows the poor performance of municipalities was exacerbated by a large number of unqualified officials and incompetent senior managers. - nhlabathih@sowetan.co.za

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Jul 26, 2012

Mudidi

Eshh lets be honest politicians lie for a living, mantashe you will die if you spoke the truth Cadre diployment is neccesary evil for the movement, which is costly to SA
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Jul 26, 2012

WakeUpSouthAfrica

LOL, this guy :P
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Jul 26, 2012

WakeUpSouthAfrica

Only a deployed cadre, would defend cadre deployment.
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Jul 26, 2012

CHANGEISGOOD

100% CORRECT, NOT A SIN. problem is not productive. put peopel who deserve the job irrespective of where he or she comes from.
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Jul 26, 2012

Mudidi

@ wake up SA

I wish we could all vote for a new party a different party not DA though and let the ANC fill the pain for a while, but that is just wishful thinking ...
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Jul 26, 2012

Pointman

Typical obfuscation from a failed government. Not a sin maybe but it is a disaster. When things like roads and houses don't get built and when existing things are allowed to deteriorate and the poor suffer it is a disaster - whether it is a sin or not is not an issue.
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Jul 26, 2012

Tsar-Rasputin

In terms of management principles, there is management style called Spoilers systems, where you appoint people on their loyalty not competency!!!

So whats the fuss?!!!!
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Jul 26, 2012

Diva7

It's not about sin you d!ckhead, it's about how it affects service delivery!!! Idiot
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Jul 26, 2012

Bcauseofanc

You are 100% correct madala cadre deployment is not a sin but crime against competent qualified South Africans.Because of anc 11billion has been misused by anc cadres.800 million of that money had changed hands between anc cadres and their families,One day is one day My COPE will take this country and saved it from corrupt anc cadres.
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Jul 26, 2012

KeRataBasadi

SIN : an act that violates God's will. Sin can also be viewed as anything within a person that violates the ideal relationship between them and God.


Gwede is right here, cadre deployment violates the ideal relationship between citizens and Government. Not the above mentioned.
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