Very interesting piece Cde Apiwe, this is a subject very close to me as I do not believe the current configuration assist nation building and resource distribution. Perhaps we need to reflect on the options expressed in one of the ANC discussion documents before the 52nd National Conference of the ANC. I am not sure what the final resolution was on provinces perhaps to further enrich your paper you may want to look at that.
Essentially my view is that the National Liberation Struggle was for a unitary state period. It may have been necessary to have this quasi-fedral arrangement to accommodate certain minority and regional powers like the IFP in KZN and minorities that majorities in regions like the Western Cape. The objective reality at the time necessitated that considering the violence that was meted out to our people in KZN. And considering the strength of the Nationalist Party at the time. Since then things have changed - we (i.e. the Movement) seems to have accepted the current arrangement. I am of the view that as Cde Jeremy Cronin once put it, our people do not live in provinces they live in their various localities be they in urban or rural areas of our country. The resources that we continue to put in provincial govrnment could be better utilised to strenghten local government which is very close to the people. With the current arrangement we do not have a three tier system of government but a four tier one being national, provincial, metro or district level municipality, and local municipality. This in my view is overkill in terms of the bureacracy that is required in each level - provincial level would be the first one that should go. Interesting read which I hope will enter the public domain. Comradely, Thembela. On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:41 AM, APHIWE BEWANA <[email protected]>wrote: > Revolutionary greetings comrades > > Find the attached paper on the relevance of our current provincial > demarcation and its implications. > > Regards > > > > Mr. A.L. Bewana > MSc. Conservation Biology > Percy-FitzPatrick Institute > DST/NRF-Centre of Excellence > University of Cape Town > Cell no. 073 4483 651 > > "All that we are is the result of all that we have thought. It is founded > on thought. It is based on thought". > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________________________ > > UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN > > This e-mail is subject to the UCT ICT policies and e-mail disclaimer > published on our website at > http://www.uct.ac.za/about/policies/emaildisclaimer/ or obtainable from > +27 21 650 4500. This e-mail is intended only for the person(s) to whom it > is addressed. If the e-mail has reached you in error, please notify the > author. If you are not the intended recipient of the e-mail you may not use, > disclose, copy, redirect or print the content. If this e-mail is not related > to the business of UCT it is sent by the sender in the sender's individual > capacity. > > > _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
