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The DA (Democratic Alliance) won 91 seats of the 210-member council in this year's local government polls. The ANC took 81, the ID 22, and the ACDP and other parties threw in their lot with the DA to form a fragile ruling alliance.
The ANC lost the Cape Town city council to the DA-led coalition after failing to muster enough votes to retain control. The ANC Western Cape MEC Richard Dyantyi sent city mayor Helen Zille a letter earlier in today, announcing that he (ANC) was considering scrapping the current mayoral committee system, and replace it with an executive committee. How very convenient for the ANC, this is a blatant abuse of power with serious implications for SA. The result will mean that the ANC and its ally the ID (Independent Democrats) will then have a majority in a 10-member executive committee. This has never been done other than at the request of the municipality, and never to effectively overturn an election result. This will definitely test the constitutional court and our fragile democracy. What next? |
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Local Government MEC Richard Dyantyi defended his controversial plan to strip mayor Helen Zille of her powers, denying that he is "messing with the democratic system".
He said the public would have 30 days to voice their opinions about the move to change the municipal structure from a mayoral to an executive commitee system. He had taken this decision after spending six months monitoring actitivities in the City of Cape Town. His officials had attended every meeting of the mayoral committee and others. Dyantyi said: "I am not the kind of person to meddle with democracy. "My desire to take this decision is informed and influenced by the need to have in the city a common purpose and common focus and unity among all parties." He added: "What I'm doing is not a Dyantyi-made thing. It is not an issue I thought about overnight. A final decision is expected within two months. Public opinion must be sought as well as consultations with the City of Cape Town. Blah Blah Blah |
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Even the ANC alliance partner Cosatu has added its weight to attacks on the ANC move to strip Cape Town mayor Helen Zille of her powers, denouncing it as bad for democracy and saying it raised questions about the ANC party's motives.
The union federation is due to meet the provincial leadership of the party today to discuss the controversial move. The ANC's intention to change the municipal structure in Cape Town raised "ethical questions" and "left a bad taste in the mouth", Cosatu's provincial secretary, Tony Ehrenreich has said, describeing the proposed move as bad for democracy and criticised the ANC for not consulting the Cosatu union. |
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With regard to the City of Cape Town and the current fluid party-political situation, with the possible unseating of the DA and Helen Zille as "executive mayor", I would like to draw attention to the fact that most of the white voters who support the DA do not apparently yet understand the fundamentals of African politics.
As one who has studied (and written about in my book, Cultural Considerations in South Africa) African culture and values, it might be useful to remind readers that Western democracy (plus political structures and models) was im-ported into South Africa by the early white settlers and is not congruent with African culture and African values. The traditional African concept of ubuntu takes precedence in the minds and hearts of many if not most African leaders, and I was reminded of this fact the other day by a final-year African student at Stellenbosch University, who told me that "in African culture, there is no democracy as per Western perceptions and culture, but rather a style of leadership whose goal is to promote the best interests of human life and the community at large". At a time when we are celebrating heritage and our diversity of cultures, let us remember it is in the African psyche to incline towards a more African style of leadership. Let's try to understand that the motivation of Local Government MEC Richard Dyantyi is not a sinister power grab but reflects the basic values of ubuntu that aim to promote the maximum good for all. |
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ANC Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi today stepped into the row over the province's move to change the system of governance in the City of Cape Town.
In a news conference at parliament this morning, Mufamadi expressed concern and said in order to avert an "intergovernmental dispute", he had decided to act now. He has called a meeting with Local Government and Housing MEC Richard Dyantyi, the man behind the move, and mayor Helen Zille - who would be stripped of her powers by the change - for next Wednesday. Mufamadi said the meeting was intended to seek common ground in addressing governance issues "that are of concern to both the Western Cape provincial government and the City of Cape Town". Asked why he had decided to intervene only at this stage, he said that "things have come to a point where we think this intervention has become necessary". He said Dyantyi had "certain pre-objectives" that he respected, but the mayor "evidently has concerns that we consider legitimate". We come at it on the basis on whatever the concerns that either of the parties may have, the overriding consideration has to be to find an harmonious solution to the problem. |
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