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Leadership Intelligence Bulletin
10 May 2010
Leadership development - Issue 23
Leadership development - Issue 23Learning from the worlds best

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Separating government power
Separating government powerNew bill to regulate local government administration

With the South African Cabinet’s approval of the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill, which seeks to depoliticise municipal bureaucratic administration and to ensure that provincial and local governments appoint skilled people, the country may be moving back to a more professionalised and politically  independent civil service in line with the dictum of the separation of power. It is, however, at best a first step, and there is still some way to go.

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Traffic law controversy
Traffic law controversyDemerit system in the dock

While local authorities are reported to be seeking to have the implementation of the controversial Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) system postponed, partly because of the massive loss of income it seems set to imply for them, Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) claims that “road traffic offences remain a significantly profitable and frequently abused sector for law enforcement authorities, local government, national government and private institutions". The system may be heading for legal battles on two fronts.

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Worth a read?
Worth a read?In pursuance of excellence

“Worth a read?” is not your ordinary book review; it is a meta-review. In other words, it provides an overview of the opinions contained in a variety of book reviews published in the media at large. This week we take a look at  “The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence”, written by Tom Peters and released in South Africa in March 2010.

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Zimbabwe and press freedom
Zimbabwe and press freedomStill a land of broken promises and harassment

Fourteen months after Zimbabwe's Government of National Unity (GNU) was formed, harassment, arbitrary arrest and general intimidation of journalists remain common. In a statement issued on 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, the Zimbabwe chapter of the press watchdog Media Institute of South Africa [MISA] deplored repressive legislation constraining journalists, writes Busani Bafana of Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa.

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ANC power struggle
ANC power struggleGauteng à la Polokwane

The way in which the bitter leadership struggle in the African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng has played itself out is almost a carbon copy of the leadership battle that took place between Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma at Polokwane in 2007. South Africa’s wealthiest province, which is also its industrial and financial hub and houses the country’s administrative capital, now sits with two centres of power: Paul Mashatile as the re-elected provincial ANC leader and Nomvula Mokonyane as a lame duck premier who holds no provincial ANC office.

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Zuma's report cards
Zuma's report cardsMixed report cards, one year on

This past Sunday marked one year since Jacob Zuma assumed the position as president of the country. All and sundry issued evaluations: with one or two exceptions, most were negative; and with most focusing so much on personality that they missed the fact that South Africa is still very much a country in transition. What lies behind is probably far less important than what lies ahead in terms of the further management of this transition.

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Super 14 watch
Super 14 watchThe final haul is here

Flat-footed, sluggish, slow at the breakdowns and poor intensity – all these factors pointed to only one problem: The Stormers were tired after a long and burdensome Super 14 campaign in their match against the Sharks. They sensed the importance of the moment, but their bodies did not respond. And they now face a do-or-die match at home against the Bulls.

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UK Election
UK Election Did we vote for this? Hell, no!

If you did not know already, there is going to be a swiftly arranged demonstration tomorrow, Saturday, 8 May in Trafalgar Square and perhaps elsewhere across the UK, too. It will be a peaceful claim of right to have a fair voting system and for a second chamber we elect. It is a demonstration of the reasonable and the normal against the irrational and the despicable, wrote Anthony Barnett, founder of openDemocracy.net and the editor of its United Kingdom section, "Our Kingdom", as it became clear that Britain is heading for a hung parliament after last week’s general election.

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Unemployment
UnemploymentAll the laws and plans are not working yet

When the African National Congress (ANC) asked South African voters to return it to office in the 2009 general elections, it did so based on an election manifesto that primarily focused on job creation and service delivery. One year on, it seems to have fallen far short on both scores. The combination of delivery failure and an unemployment crisis is creating a potentially explosive situation for the ruling party as next year’s municipal elections loom.

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WC watch
WC watchStory of the form book

Five-time champion Brazil is the favourite to win the first World Cup on African soil, according to a poll of international sports journalists. The team received 28.3% of the votes to edge out Argentina, with European champions Spain and England making up the top four.

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