Post by cjm on Mar 3, 2024 9:24:15 GMT
South Africa: Re-evaluating Official Opposition Democratic Alliance's Performance
Many dubious criticisms. For one, crime in CT: The DA has been begging the ANC for increased policing which is not forthcoming. The main point, however, is that even if all that is true, how does it compare with areas under ANC control. The focus of the article is Cape Town, which really is but one area in the province. Any evaluation should take into account the entire area and also take note of the audits which year after year are much better than ANC controlled areas.
On the Jooste Hospital the defence seems as follows:
Admittedly it blows the mind that they could close it without anything in replacement.
In general the article seems a biased hit piece to smear the DA and it is perhaps worthwhile to take note of the credentials of the author:
Many dubious criticisms. For one, crime in CT: The DA has been begging the ANC for increased policing which is not forthcoming. The main point, however, is that even if all that is true, how does it compare with areas under ANC control. The focus of the article is Cape Town, which really is but one area in the province. Any evaluation should take into account the entire area and also take note of the audits which year after year are much better than ANC controlled areas.
On the Jooste Hospital the defence seems as follows:
The provincial government had intended to rebuild the facility after it was decommissioned in 2013, but there has been little progress since then, reports TimesLIVE.
In February, Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said in a written parliamentary response to Windvogel that the funding for the project had been reprioritised, but that the budget had been vastly reduced.
“We have indicated that our budget has been dropped … more than a billion this year from the money that we were supposed to get from the national government,” she said.
Mbombo conceded the delay in rebuilding the facility, but added: “The issue was about why we would build a level-one hospital again on a site that is less than four hectares big, instead of building a level-two, specialist hospital. The budget issue is something we have to look out for. It’s not only the GF Jooste hospital; it's other hospitals as well.”
In February, Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said in a written parliamentary response to Windvogel that the funding for the project had been reprioritised, but that the budget had been vastly reduced.
“We have indicated that our budget has been dropped … more than a billion this year from the money that we were supposed to get from the national government,” she said.
Mbombo conceded the delay in rebuilding the facility, but added: “The issue was about why we would build a level-one hospital again on a site that is less than four hectares big, instead of building a level-two, specialist hospital. The budget issue is something we have to look out for. It’s not only the GF Jooste hospital; it's other hospitals as well.”
Admittedly it blows the mind that they could close it without anything in replacement.
In general the article seems a biased hit piece to smear the DA and it is perhaps worthwhile to take note of the credentials of the author:
Emboussi Bertrand is a Cameroon-based journalist, political analyst, and follower of the latest news on the African continent. He writes here in his personal capacity and his views in this article are not those of the Lesotho Times. He can be reached on bertrande@yahoo.fr.