Global South African News Wrap 16 August 2012

R1bn upgrade for Khayelitsha .. Protests cripple Cape Town Its a three-horse race, comrades .. Museums should become centres of heritage: Zuma ..... Motlanthe attacks corruption in ANC .. Divided ANC leaders ponder how to contain leadership battles Manuel to hand over development plan . Rail bodys R4bn plant boost for SA train sector ANC launches its political school .. Pg 2 Pg 3 Pg 6 Pg 9 Pg 10 Pg 12 Pg 13 Pg 14 Pg 16

11 August 2012 Weekend Argus Page 6 Warda Meyer

R1bn upgrade for Khayelitsha

The City of Cape Town has plans to spend more than R1 billion on upgrading and indigent relief, including provisions of free water, electricity and refuse removal in Khayelitsha. That was the message mayor Patricia de Lille was prevented from delivering to the residents at the Oliver Tambo Hall in Khayelitsha this week, when hundreds of young people disrupted a planned community meeting. Tuesdays event was to have been the last in a series of public meetings which the mayor and her mayoral committee have held across the city over the past month to report back to communities on its service delivery plans for the next five years. Similar meetings have already been concluded in Mitchells Plain, Grassy Park, Strand, Atlantis and Kraaifontein. But police and bodyguards had to escort De Lille and four mayoral committee members out of the hall when hundreds of young people disrupted the planned meeting. What makes the situation even more frustrating is that in the case of Khayelitsha, the city is delivering a comprehensive basket of services. We have an enormous challenge to overcome the apartheid legacy of under-development in the area, but when one considers all that we are doing, it becomes clear that there is no merit at all in the ANCYLs claim that the city is not delivering to the poor and the vulnerable, De Lille told the Weekend Argus. In the case of Khayelitsha specifically, the citys upgrade plans would affect everything from health facilities and small business development, to environmental issues, libraries, traffic calming measures, and even a new swimming pool in Site B. In addition, each ward in Khayelitsha will receive R700 000 for funding of local projects, such as the upgrading of community facilities. They will also receive part of the R10 million additional allocation as per the Mayoral Redress Programme. Another R300m is allocated in terms of investment in the Phase 2 roll-out of the IRT N2 express service to Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain, by December next year. Other city plans included providing free call lines to report service delivery complaints; indigent relief including free basic services; 2 000 units to be upgraded at Enkanini Phase 2; housing programmes which will deliver more than 4 000 units in the

Khayelitsha area; and provision of electricity to 850 informal structures in Enkanini by the end of this month. De Lille said that the city had reached more than two million people during engagements on the Integrated Development Plan (IDP). We held 15 public meetings last year for communities to engage the IDP. Ive attended eight of these meetings, and now we are taking the IDP to communities to report back on the final decisions and input they made during the public engagements. De Lille added it was unfortunate that she could not tell residents of Khayelitsha, a historically neglected area of Cape Town, that the city would be bringing them muchneeded relief and development. The good news city mayor Patricia de Lille had for the people of Khayelitsha: l R9 million allocated to improve health facilities, including a new clinic in Town 2 and the expansion of Luvuyo clinic. l R3m allocated to ARV medication. l R20m on job creation through area cleaning. l R7.5m to upgrade the Vuyani market. l R1m upgrade for the Site C Meat market. l R2m for the Monwabisi Chalet Development. l R8m to revamp the Solomon Mahlangu Hall. l R2.5m to upgrade the Khayelitsha wetlands. l R22m for a new regional library in Kuyasa. l R8.8m for the construction of the Harare Square Business Hub. l R10m to upgrade the sewer network and water supply. l R300 000 for a new swimming pool in Site B. l More than R500 000 for traffic calming measures.
11 August 2012 Weekend Argus Page 1 Junior Bester

Protests cripple Cape Town

Violent protests involving a petrol bomb, burning tyres and stone-throwing crippled Cape Town yesterday, with the N2 closed for most of the day, while flights from Cape Town International Airport were delayed. Sixty people have been arrested. Police came under attack as more than 500 protesters threw a petrol bomb, burned tyres and attacked vehicles and police with stones. Two police officers were injured, a police spokesman said. One was hit in the face with a brick. Police fired back with rubber bullets, and used a water cannon to bring the fires from burning tyres under control in the latest of a spate of service delivery protests that have rocked the city over recent weeks, prompting accusations that they are being orchestrated by the ANC Youth League. Yesterday mayor Patricia de Lille continued to blame the youth league. But the ANCYL hit back, saying the provincial and city governments were playing the blame game. The trouble began just before 4am yesterday, with a group of about 200 people gathered at the airport approach road. When the police and the citys law enforcement agencies warned them to disperse, they started throwing stones and faeces. Police spokesman Captain Frederick van Wyk said two policemen were injured and a vehicle was damaged. A car belonging to a TV news team was also stoned in Gugulethu, but no one was injured. Provincial disaster management spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said the demonstrators left when police fired rubber bullets. But they returned at about 8.30am, and the crowd grew throughout the day, forcing officials to close both lanes of the N2 between Mew Way and Duinefontein Road. It was only reopened after 2pm. At 8.30am, while the citys solid waste management and the provincial roads department were clearing the roadway, a group of 500 protesters reassembled on the N2 and Borcherds Quarry turn-off (to the airport), Solomons-Johannes said. By 9.15am the violence peaked as a petrol bomb was thrown at police. About 45 minutes later, 62 protesters were arrested. Airports Company SA spokeswoman Deidre Hendricks said the airport was not at risk, but she conceded they had police at the airport and aviation security in place should there be a threat to the national key point. Later yesterday, the singing protesters marched up Klipfontein Road towards the Gugulethu police station, where they demanded the arrested protesters be freed.

Their songs feted ousted ANCYL leader Julius Malema while criticising provincial premier Helen Zille, who has also blamed the league for the spate of protests. But Zilles spokesman Zak Mbhele said they would not comment, and were leaving the mayors office to field queries. Yesterday the ANCYL was adamant it was being used as a scapegoat. Last week the league threatened to make the province ungovernable if the service delivery issue was not addressed. KhayaYozi, chairman of the Dullah Omar region, said the seven days they gave the premier to respond ended yesterday, but they had still had no feedback. Yozi denied they had told their members to burn tyres in the streets. That does not make any sense. When we said that we will make the province ungovernable we were talking about the fact that there will be more marches, which will all be legal. He added that unless their demands were met, the ANCYL would march in the city on the 27th of every month. XolaniSotashe, chairman of the ANC Dullah Omar region, voiced his support for the ANCYL, slamming the provincial government allegations. People are trapped in serious poverty, they are fed up and they are realising that they are living in a two-tale city one for the rich and the other for the poor. But De Lille was having none of it, charging that the city was being forced to waste scarce resources to contain the situation. What is particularly disturbing is that in this well-directed action with evidence again indicating that this was led by the ANCYL school children were deliberately put in the front lines. She added that this tactic prevented police from acting. This kind of cowardly action speaks volumes for the values and principles of those involved. Thug-like behaviour of any kind can never be an accepted as part of our democracy, she said. Cape Chamber of Commerce president Michael Bagraim said the protests were not only hurting businesses, but were also harming poorer communities. If these people cannot get to work they will not get paid, and sometimes companies will decide to cut their losses and eliminate their employment, he said, adding that it also sent a negative message to the international market. Late last night police said the situation was calm, but that they were still on alert. Additional reporting by Warda Meyer and Bianca Capazorio

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Mmanaledi Mataboge

Its a three-horse race, comrades

President Jacob Zuma has been particularly busy over the past few months crisscrossing the country launching government projects, monitoring existing projects and charming constituencies. In recent weeks, hes awarded medals to Umkhontowe Sizwe military veterans, delivered a lecture at the invitation of the Womens League in Bloemfontein and, just yesterday, he attended a tombstone unveiling with the Zulu royal house. Many of Zumas visits have been to rural villages, where much of his support base lies. Although his supporters in the ANC say the man in charge is simply performing his government duties, his opponents say he is campaigning ahead of the partys December elective congress in Mangaung. Some of his lobbyists and supporters told City Press Zuma would be re-elected in December not because hes a great leader, but to heal and stabilise the party. They are determined to avoid a repeat of the ANCs bitter leadership battle in Polokwane in 2007. Zumas backers are confident about his re-election. Any attempt to challenge Zuma is tantamount to destabilising the ANC, said a Limpopo regional leader. If you bring any leadership change now youll be killing the ANC. We have not recovered fully from Polokwane, but weve alsoaccumulated new problems in government. A Luthuli House official agreed, saying: The ANC must heal and this is the time for the leadership of the ANC to show maturity. The official said it was unlikely Motlanthe would take on Zuma. Kgalema would not want to go down in history as the person who divided the ANC. A national executive committee (NEC) member said it was risky to challenge anincumbent. If Kgalema doesnt win he will no longer be part of the officials. He can still be elected to the NEC but hes unlikely toaccept that it will be too embarrassing. Zuma was the first deputy president who challenged an incumbent and won, said the NEC member. Hes not a coward and hes not the type that takes on something he cant win. The fact that hell be standing again means hes sure.

Both the UmkhontoweSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) and the SA Communist Party are using their members in the ANC to garner support for Zuma, as they did in 2007. MKMVA chairperson Kebby Maphatsoe said Motlanthe was still favoured as Zumas deputy, with GwedeMantashe as secretary general. At its 91st anniversary rally last Sunday, the SA Communist Party openly called for Zumas re-election when Gauteng chairperson Joe Mpisi explained to the crowd that holding up two fingers while singing signified a second term. Viva a second term, he said. KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Free State are mainly behind Zuma. Additional reporting by Carien du Plessis The secretive candidate Sabelo Ndlangisa ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe is not the kind of man to speak out about his leadership ambitions. Earlier this month, after a birthday breakfast in honour of the Lead SA campaign, journalists asked Motlanthe about his ambitions. As has become his modus operandi when it comes to leadership debates, Motlanthe came across as keen while still staying vague on the details. As a sitting member of the (ANCs) national executive committee, it is not given to me to go out and campaign and so on, precisely because if you lose then you lose your authority to lead, he said. Motlanthe has been dodging lobbyists, but a faction that wants him to replace party president Jacob Zuma continues to lobby branches on his behalf. His most active lobbyists are in Gauteng, but those going out to bat for the deputy president say he has support in Limpopo, parts of Eastern Cape and in Western Cape. The ANC Youth League has also resolved to support him, and its members are his most vocal cheerleaders. A league delegation, including expelled league leader Julius Malema, went to KwaZuluNatal this weekend in a bid to solicit support from, amongst others, sacked police chief BhekiCele. Sources said Motlanthe would need an inclusive team of leaders with him on the ballot paper to win, or he might even have to team up with other hopeful Tokyo Sexwale.

He was unlikely to contest Zuma if he was nominated again as his deputy, a Luthuli House staffer close to Motlanthe said. That is why Zumas people have gone to lobby him. A government official sympathetic to Motlanthe said he would not campaign as this would open him to attacks from Zumas backers. Zumas people are worried by non-activity. Their problem is that they have been campaigning for a very long time, said the source. Another Motlanthe lobbyist said he was careful not to become indebted to anyone. He has seen how Malema is now telling Zuma that the youth league made him (Zuma). He doesnt want to be insulted the same way, said the lobbyist. Motlanthes supporters want him because: He is younger than Zuma; He can unite the party; He can improve the ANCs standing; He has political experience in the party and the trade union movement; and Zuma has not lived up to expectations. Motlanthes spokesperson Thabo Masebe said the deputy president respected ANC processes. He understands it is branches of the ANC that will start the nominations process. As a leader and current deputy president, he will not engage in any canvassing, he said. Additional reporting by Carien du Plessis The dark horse Carien du Plessis ANC members lobbying for a Tokyo Sexwale presidency believe the partys botched OR Tambo regional conference has set the tone for whats to come at Mangaung. They claim the collapse of the highly-contested congress in the powerful Eastern Cape region was a victory of sorts because provincial leaders supporting President Jacob Zuma couldnt force a win for the pro-Zuma candidates. An Eastern Cape Sexwale lobbyist said: People are more determined (after the congress). The extent to which these (Zuma supporters) are doing things, you get a taste of what will come should they be re-elected. They dont have respect for the procedures and policy of the ANC. Sexwale, who sided with Zuma in 2007 after his own unsuccessful bid for the presidency, is the dark horse in the partys succession battle.

So far, he has been the face of the pro-change lobby, which wants to see renewal in the ANC by removing Zuma, but its unclear whether he has enough support among ANC members to win. Sexwale has played like a man with nothing to lose and has lobbied openly, telling eNews Channels Justice Malala recently he was up to the job should he be nominated as ANC president. In Cabinet meetings, he is said to challenge ministers about issues outside his portfolio, human settlements. He regularly speaks out critically during ANC national executive committee (NEC) meetings, and has used his ministerial role to depict himself as someone who delivers. Sexwales lobbyists claim he has the support of regions in Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, North West, Limpopo and Gauteng. They are also trying to solicit more support in KwaZulu-Natal, where Sexwale is deployed as an NEC member and where he is warmly received, unlike Deputy President KgalemaMotlanthe. While some of Sexwales lobbyists speculate that the dark horse could be the face of Motlanthes campaign, others deny this. We cant have an Anything but Zuma campaign, it must be Tokyo, a Western Cape lobbyist said. But a Motlanthe lobbyist yesterday said they asked Sexwale to back down because he was confusing our people. Lobbyists say the current Sexwale nominations wish list is: Deputy president Gwede Mantashe; Chairperson Thandi Modise; Secretary general Fikile Mbalula; Deputy secretary general Senzo Mchunu; Treasurer Paul Mashatile. There is no consensus over Mbalula yet, but his nomination could appease the vocal youth league, which last year resolved to nominate him and Motlanthe to the partys top six a resolution which means the league cannot support Sexwale over Motlanthe for president.

12 August 2012 The New Age Sandile Hlangani

Museums should become centres of heritage: Zuma

An urgent intervention to transform and decolonize South African museums in the same manner that Austria is doing with their museums is needed, President Jacob Zuma said in the Northern Cape on Sunday. Our museums must be transformed to become centres of heritage and expertise which respect all peoples and cultures. No museum must have a collection or material that depicts any sections of the South African population as colonial objects, more so the indigenous people, said Zuma on the reburial of Klaas and Trooi Pienaar at Kuruman, Northern Cape Province He said that the South African government was pleased that the Natural History Museum of Austria committed itself to return the remains of Klaas and Trooi Pienaar to South Africa. We are happy too, that the Austrian Minister of Science then authorized the formal removal of the remains of Klaas and Trooi Pienaar from the collection of the Austrian Academy of Science, Zuma said. Today, through this reburial, we are taking another step forward towards closing the chapter on the brutality of racism and its legacy in scientific practices and museum collections, he said.
13 August 2012 The Times Page 1 Amukelani Chauke

Motlanthe attacks corruption in ANC

The ANC does not need party members who are "caught with their hands in the till". Instead - as the ruling party's deputy president, Kgalema Motlanthe, said yesterday members should strive to emulate the selflessness of former president Nelson Mandela. Motlanthe was speaking at the graduation ceremony for about 600 students of the ANC's new Gauteng political school at the Walter Sisulu Leadership Academy, Soweto, yesterday. With less than four months before the party's elective conference in Mangaung, and just over a month before the party opens its leadership nominations process, Motlanthe appeared to be subtly putting himself forward as the man to get the party back on track. His speech dwelt on the type of member who would stand the ANC in good stead - he would be someone who had a political education and was without greed or a tendency to corruption. His remarks might have seemed familiar to the audience because they were couched in language similar to that used by former president Thabo Mbeki when he introduced his definition of the "new cadre" in the mid-2000s.

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Then Motlanthe was the ANC's secretary-general. Mbeki warned the party to beware of members who were "attracted to join the ANC as a bee is attracted to a pot of honey. They come with a view that they will use access to power for personal benefit". Yesterday, Motlanthe steered clear of the Mangaung leadership race. This is in line with his recent refusal to be drafted onto unofficial leadership race lists. In what might be interpreted as an indirect swipe at President Jacob Zuma - who has struggled to keep the ANC united ahead of the conference - Motlanthe said not all ANC members were cadres. "The word 'cadre' means a frame ... a frame that is used to keep old photographs and pictures in shape. "If you keep an old photograph of a great-grandparent unframed, with time it bends, and cracks and breaks. But if you keep it in a frame it is preserved forever. "And so in an organisation a cadre plays the same role that is played by a frame to a picture. "A cadre is meant to keep an organisation in shape under all circumstances." He applied the metaphor to the ANC, saying that when a party goes through a difficult time it relies on its cadres to keep it in shape. After the party's policy conference in Midrand in June, the ANC announced that recruits would have to go through compulsory political schooling as a minimum requirement. Motlanthe's speech to Gauteng ANC leaders was made as the province increasingly shows an anti-Zuma bias. Though Gauteng is not the biggest province in terms of voting power, it is the most influential in terms of decision-making within the party. Gauteng ANC chairman Paul Mashatile, who introduced Motlanthe as a "son of Gauteng", said the province wanted to return from Mangaung with a "renewed leadership". "We will continue to prepare for Mangaung to ensure that we come [back] with important decisions on policy, but more importantly we must come out of Mangaung with a renewed ANC." Zuma, who has already been endorsed for a second term by the ANC's most powerful region, eThekwini, in KwaZulu-Natal, is believed to have lost support in Gauteng. But senior leaders aligned to him have reportedly been holding secret meetings with branch and regional leaders in the province to get them to support him.

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But Mashatile warned: "We must reject those who go around our structures lobbying branches for individuals that we don't know of. You know them, they come at night and tell you what it is they want you to do when you go to Mangaung. "We don't discuss [leadership nominations] in taverns, dark corners or hotels; we discuss them in the ANC." Three weeks ago, the Sunday Times reported that Motlanthe had rejected attempts by a Zuma-aligned lobby to negotiate a deal for the party's leadership. Motlanthe has distanced himself from groups that have released lists of their preferred leaders. Instead, he has insisted on the right of ANC branches to elect leaders. Yesterday Motlanthe said: "As cadres of the movement we should not be caught with our fingers in the till. It gives the ANC a bad name and depicts it as an organisation overrun with greed, corruption, venality and loose morals. This perception goes against the stated principles and values we stand for and diminishes our public image." The ANC Youth League has been openly campaigning for Motlanthe.
13 August 2012 Business Day Page 3 Stephen Grootes

Divided ANC leaders ponder how to contain leadership battles

AS THE African National Congresss (ANCs) top six officials meet today, the recent meltdown of its OR Tambo regional conference is likely to be on the agenda. It is an example of the serious problems the party has in trying to contain its leadership spats. It is also an indication that fights over leadership positions are likely to get worse, rather than better, and could hang over the partys elective conference in Mangaung at the end of the year. If the ANCs leaders do not find a way to manage this problem, they could lose control of the party as a coherent political force. The OR Tambo region is the second-biggest in the party and it dominates the Eastern Cape (the second-biggest ANC province), containing the vast majority of the ANCs members in the province. As the province is thought to be split between supporters of President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, the stakes going into last weekends gathering were very high. If Mr Zuma won, he could deal his challenger a death blow. If Mr Motlanthe won, it could almost nullify Mr Zumas support in a virtually united KwaZulu-Natal. In the end, provincial officials intervened in the conference, calling it off after votes had been counted. They said there were four more votes cast than the number of delegates

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registered, and as the final result was in Mr Motlanthes favour by one vote, this looked like vote-rigging. While investigations are underway, this shows the desperation of the various sides in a fight that will continue until December. Both Mr Zuma and Mr Motlanthe have condemned the "slate" system, whereby people campaign as one team for leadership positions. Before this practice started, people campaigned as individuals. This forced them to unify to lead the party. Now the winner takes all, and those who lose will lose everything position, money and power. As a result, they resort to desperate measures like vote-rigging, "interventions" and even violence. There are very few options to stopping this practice. People, including the ANCs current leadership, use "slates" because they are so effective as a campaigning tool. If either side is seen to have "won" the OR Tambo election, whatever tactic they used will be used by others. And it will become more and more tempting for those in power to use "interventions" to retain it. That will push those who fear losing to even more desperate measures. As the ANCs national officials are hardly united themselves, it is hard to see how they will be able to fix this problem for the long term.
13 August 2012 Business Day Page 2 Paul Vecchiatto

Manuel to hand over development plan

THE handing over of the revised National Development Plan by Planning Minister Trevor Manuel during a joint sitting of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces on Wednesday morning will be one of the highlights of a busy Parliamentary calendar. The National Development Plan, drafted by the commission headed by Mr Manuel, has already been given the thumbs up, or at least a warm response, from the major political parties. The plan is a blueprint for where SA should be in 20 to 30 years in socioeconomic development, and how to get there. The African National Congress (ANC) top brass gave it the nod of approval at their annual lekgotla earlier this month. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has claimed their recently launched economic policy dovetails with certain elements of the plan. On Wednesday afternoon, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will again face questions from DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko over the stalled youth wage subsidy, for which Parliament had already allocated R5bn.

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The subsidy was supposed to have been activated from April 1. However, strong opposition from the ANCs ally, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), over fears that this would displace older workers, has stopped implementation of the subsidy. As a concession to Cosatu, President Jacob Zuma has announced the creation of a possible "job seekers grant", but no details have been made available. Ms Mazibuko is expected to ask the deputy president about both the grant and the subsidy. Ministers who follow the deputy president will also face a raft of questions. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will be asked to provide more details on SAs earmarked R2bn loan for world financial stability; whether or not Treasury staff have declared their outside business interests; the effect of the latest interest rate cut; and how will he balance lower gross domestic product growth forecasts with the increase in public sector spending. Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies will be expected to say if SAs economic development zones compare with other high-level incentives offered to investors in other countries. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson will have to answer more questions concerning the stalled fisheries protection tender and about staffing levels in her department. Communications Minister Dina Pule will be asked about progress concerning the conversion of SAs TV broadcast systems from analogue to digital, her involvement in the R26m scandal surrounding the recent ICT Indaba, and why the Cabinet refused to allow Korea Telecoms to buy 20% of Telkom. The Department of Trade and Industry will have the final say on Friday when it reports progress on negotiations for the Tripartite Free Trade Area (between the Southern African Development Community, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and the East African Community), and the Southern African Customs Union-India Preferential Trade Agreement. Cosatu will be holding a special central executive meeting on Thursday to discuss reports for the federations national congress scheduled for next month. Service delivery protests are expected to continue in the Western Cape as the war of words between the DA-led provincial government and city council and the ANC Youth League continues.

13 August 2012 Business Day Page 1 Nicky Smith

Rail bodys R4bn plant boost for SA train sector

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In a significant boost for SAs train-building industry, Transnet Rail Engineering is planning a factory to build 7,224 metro coaches for SAs R123bn rolling stock renewal programme. The initiative to build or modify an existing plant is in line with Transnets goal to foster a domestic train-building industry, and with the governments aim to reindustrialise the economy through its infrastructure programme. Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) CEO Lucky Montana said on Friday the plan for Transnet Rail Engineering to carry the burden of the investment in manufacturing capacity which could be as high as R4bn was in response to the states introduction of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, which aims to bring new rigour to state spending. Rolling stock manufacturers had warned Prasa during feedback sessions that the evaluation weighting in the tender accorded to the socioeconomic goals of SA which include job creation, skills development and local content development and the weighting given to price would make the production of coaches expensive. With Transnet Rail Engineering now assuming the cost of building the factory, rolling stock manufacturers would not have to price the recovery of this investment in the facility into the cost of the coaches they produce. "We should not make it more expensive to build trains in this country you are not going to develop this industry if you dont incentivise (bidding companies)," he said. " Transnet Rail Engineering will provide this facility. This is one of the major things we have done (to accommodate the concerns of bidding companies)." The facility would be built to the requirements of the winning bidder. Once the programme had been completed the state would be the owner of the new coach-making plant, Mr Montana said. According to the Government Communication Information System, Prasas rolling stock fleet renewal programme has the potential to create 65,000 jobs. The feasibility study indicated that over the 20-year period, the f iscus would receive between R80bn and R90bn in taxes from companies, employees and other economic activities related to the programme. According to the act, the tenders "above a prescribed amount" are evaluated with a maximum of 10 points being awarded to the economic or social goals of the project and 90 points to the bidders price. Prasa was able to secure only a marginal exemption on the acts weighting requirements from the Treasury, under which economic goals would be given a 15-point weighting, and price 85 points. One of the bidders, French power and transport giant Alstom has said if the states development objectives is taken into account, a 35:65 ratio should be applied, with 65 points for price.

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It was no secret that Prasa agreed with the views expressed by the industry, Mr Montana said in reference to Alstom and unnamed rolling stock manufacturers, which maintained that more could be achieved if the weighting was less skewed on pricing. "We are not going to structure this bid to suit bidders, but equally Prasa people concede that the issues raised by the industry are legitimate, but we cant bypass the (act)," Mr Montana said. Initially Prasa had lobbied the Treasury and the Department of Transport to have price carry a weighting of 55 points. "The 85:15 weighting may compromise some of our development goals but it doesnt prevent us from achieving some other ones such as the industrialisation objectives."
13 August 2012 Business Day Page 4 Setumo Stone

ANC launches its political school

Gauteng African National Congress (ANC) chairman Paul Mashatile said on Sunday the party was serious about increasing its capacity to lead society and the state. About 600 provincial, regional and branch leaders of the ANC were on Sunday in line to graduate during the official launch of the Walter Sisulu Leadership Academy, a new ANC political school. "We have been recruiting a lot of people in the ANC and subsequently electing a leadership that is not properly trained. This is dangerous," said Mr Mashatile. This comes on the back of an organisational renewal document discussed at the ANC national policy conference in June. The discussion document noted that political education must be institutionalised, urgently, for the survival of the ANC and its success as a governing party. It proposes wide-ranging reforms to address the ANCs weaknesses including its social distance from its main power base, the masses, and institutionalised factionalism, ill-discipline and disunity. The ANC Africas oldest liberation movement celebrates its centenary faced with a qualitative decline in its broader membership. Political education is seen as one of the key interventions in dealing with the challenges facing the party. Zwelinzima Sizane, Gauteng ANC director of political education and training, said on Sunday the party will sign a partnership of five years or shorter with the University of Johannesburg, who will present the course under its name.

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Under the agreement, the ruling party will produce the content and provide assessors to run the course. Courses offered by the academy will include organisational skills, ANC and South African history, ANC strategy and tactics, governance and tools of analysis. It is expected that the modules will be accredited at level four of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), with the Education, Training and Development Practice, a sectoral education and training authority. Gauteng ANC spokesman Dumisa Ntuli said the graduates had begun the programme early this year. Mr Ntuli said the training had been offered by senior ANC provincial leaders across the partys five regions, and will now be centralised at the University of Johannesburg. Mr Mashatile said the ANC "must change gear". "It must modernise, it must do things differently and it must be relevant," he said. Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said the demands of running a complex modern society could only be met through education. Mr Motlanthe said there was no justification for ANC members not choosing to further their studies for their own empowerment.

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