THE textbook crisis in Limpopo, beleaguered local government and a topic that has become a bane to investors - state intervention in mining - will be under scrutiny at the ANC's national executive committee (NEC) lekgotla starting today.
Party secretary-general Gwede Mantashe yesterday said the three-day meeting would discuss a report on the delay in the delivery of textbooks in Limpopo .
Mantashe dismissed calls by Cosatu's Zwelinzima Vavi for Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to resign.
He said: "We should not take a decision on [that] basis, but look at why the books were not delivered in time and what went wrong."
On Monday President Jacob Zuma suggested Motshekga was not to blame as she was in her office in Pretoria when the crisis unfolded.
The education catastrophe in Eastern Cape, improving access to education, and building new universities in Northern Cape and Mpumalanga will dominate discussions.
Also on the agenda will be auditor-general Terrence Nombembe's report, which paints a bleak picture of municipalities' performances for the 2010-11 financial year.
Mantashe said he has moved beyond being depressed when he considers that clean audits increased from seven to 13. "Progress is being made." But he did concede the fact that not a single metro received a clean audit was a step back.
The NEC will also discuss progress in job creation, health, rural development and the fight against corruption. - nhlabathih@sowetan.co.za
ANC to thrash out pressing challenges
THE textbook crisis in Limpopo, beleaguered local government and a topic that has become a bane to investors - state intervention in mining - will be under scrutiny at the ANC's national executive committee (NEC) lekgotla starting today.
Party secretary-general Gwede Mantashe yesterday said the three-day meeting would discuss a report on the delay in the delivery of textbooks in Limpopo .
Mantashe dismissed calls by Cosatu's Zwelinzima Vavi for Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to resign.
He said: "We should not take a decision on [that] basis, but look at why the books were not delivered in time and what went wrong."
On Monday President Jacob Zuma suggested Motshekga was not to blame as she was in her office in Pretoria when the crisis unfolded.
The education catastrophe in Eastern Cape, improving access to education, and building new universities in Northern Cape and Mpumalanga will dominate discussions.
Also on the agenda will be auditor-general Terrence Nombembe's report, which paints a bleak picture of municipalities' performances for the 2010-11 financial year.
Mantashe said he has moved beyond being depressed when he considers that clean audits increased from seven to 13. "Progress is being made." But he did concede the fact that not a single metro received a clean audit was a step back.
The NEC will also discuss progress in job creation, health, rural development and the fight against corruption. - nhlabathih@sowetan.co.za
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