ActionSA’s proposed Constitutional Amendment to abolish the position of Deputy Ministers was once again validated by the shocking testimony delivered before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee yesterday by one of the two Deputy Ministers of Police, Cassel Mathale MP.
During his appearance, the Deputy Minister of Police confessed that for the past year, he has not been assigned any responsibilities and that he and his colleague are still waiting to hear from the Minister what they should do. This is not only an admission of redundancy but also a damning reflection of how bloated and wasteful our executive has become under the GNU, where all parties appear more interested in appeasing political interests than serving South Africans, who must hold them accountable for this wastage.
It is inconceivable that, in a country grappling with escalating violent crime, police inefficiency and a deepening crisis of public safety, the very individuals appointed to supposedly assist in leading the department have no defined role. This is precisely the kind of dysfunction that ActionSA has been warning about, a government structure designed not for service delivery, but for political patronage and internal party appeasement.
ActionSA’s Constitutional Amendment proposing the removal of Deputy Ministers stems from this exact problem. South Africa simply cannot afford ceremonial positions that serve no practical function while our schools are overcrowded, our hospitals understaffed and our police under-resourced. Every cent that sustains this wasteful layer of bureaucratic excess is a cent stolen from the fight against poverty, unemployment and crime.
Even more telling is the fact that when the Minister of Police was placed on leave, the President had to appoint an acting minister from outside of Cabinet, bypassing both Deputy Ministers who should, in theory, have been best placed to assume the role. This extraordinary decision underscores the utter irrelevance of these posts and the absence of confidence in those occupying them.
ActionSA looks forward to the passage of our proposed Constitutional Amendment, with the support of all political parties that stand against wastage, patronage, and inefficiency in government.
Police Deputy Minister’s Admission of Redundancy Validates ActionSA’s Constitutional Amendment to Abolish Deputy Ministers
ActionSA’s proposed Constitutional Amendment to abolish the position of Deputy Ministers was once again validated by the shocking testimony delivered before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee yesterday by one of the two Deputy Ministers of Police, Cassel Mathale MP.
During his appearance, the Deputy Minister of Police confessed that for the past year, he has not been assigned any responsibilities and that he and his colleague are still waiting to hear from the Minister what they should do. This is not only an admission of redundancy but also a damning reflection of how bloated and wasteful our executive has become under the GNU, where all parties appear more interested in appeasing political interests than serving South Africans, who must hold them accountable for this wastage.
It is inconceivable that, in a country grappling with escalating violent crime, police inefficiency and a deepening crisis of public safety, the very individuals appointed to supposedly assist in leading the department have no defined role. This is precisely the kind of dysfunction that ActionSA has been warning about, a government structure designed not for service delivery, but for political patronage and internal party appeasement.
ActionSA’s Constitutional Amendment proposing the removal of Deputy Ministers stems from this exact problem. South Africa simply cannot afford ceremonial positions that serve no practical function while our schools are overcrowded, our hospitals understaffed and our police under-resourced. Every cent that sustains this wasteful layer of bureaucratic excess is a cent stolen from the fight against poverty, unemployment and crime.
Even more telling is the fact that when the Minister of Police was placed on leave, the President had to appoint an acting minister from outside of Cabinet, bypassing both Deputy Ministers who should, in theory, have been best placed to assume the role. This extraordinary decision underscores the utter irrelevance of these posts and the absence of confidence in those occupying them.
ActionSA looks forward to the passage of our proposed Constitutional Amendment, with the support of all political parties that stand against wastage, patronage, and inefficiency in government.