OPINIONISTA: Without ethics in government, there can be no trust and the social contract is doomed to fail

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In order to restore and rebuild public confidence in government and state institutions at large, we need a renewed focus on ethical, clean, accountable, transparent governance at all layers and levers of the state.

is the trust relationship between those who are governed and those who govern. Without this trust, the social contract which undergirds all successful societies falls apart and the confidence of the people in government, in the state, its systems and processes begins to wane, creating a democratic deficit.

Ethics are a critical element of upholding our social contract as a people, with trust between the public and those in key state positions being a crucial element within that social contract. Without ethics, there can be no trust and the social contract is doomed to fail. Our quest for ethical governance and leadership within our city region is informed by the following considerations:Decisively deal with and address all conflicts of interests;

In talking about revolutionary morality, let us follow the example of Vietnamese revolutionary leader and former president, Ho Chi Minh, who throughout his leadership of Vietnam always focused on educating and training government leaders and officials in revolutionary morality. For Ho Chi Minh, this was an existential imperative.

Former president Nelson Mandela once spoke of us needing an “RDP of the soul” as a people and this is one of the things that we must of necessity raise when we look at building an ethical culture and ethos within all spheres of government.

 

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….but Lebogang Maile knows nothing about “ clean, accountable, transparent governance” ….. he is got nothing to show, but the shenanigans that was Alex urban development. ANC is not serious 🙄

ANC is filled with hypocrits, Maile is one of them!

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