Government's credibility is at its lowest, according to the former Finance Deputy Minister.Former Finance Deputy Minister Mcebisi Jonas says new leadership will not fix the challenges South Africa is currently facing as the system is already in a poor state.In his address, the MTN board chairperson said he was of the view that South Africa’s main problem was “fundamentally political.”
“It has been improving, but let’s face it… it has not reached a level where all of us here can say we actually have what we call a good government that we can all depend on.”The former minister cited the country’s electricity crisis, water problems and the rising crime levels as issues that continue to test government’s reputation.
He added that a national convention, which will include all political parties, needed to be held to discuss “a new vision for the country”. “The process lacks transparency and rigor. The knack of the weaknesses in the state is that the selection procedures which are delegated to ministers… that’s where the real weakness is in terms of building a state with capacity that can be empowered with institutional memory. So how to remedy that is the idea was that the president should delegate that authority to the Public Service Commission ,” Motlanthe said on Saturday.