The th!nc Foundation

The announcement by the South African National Cabinet that it will be invoking Section 100 (1) (b) of the Constitution of South Africa to address the ‘apparent crisis’ in the North West Province, particularly in the health sector, has brought the use of the section onto the sharp edge of the analysis sword; governance speaking. This is further complicated by the fact that Cabinet indicates the main objective of the intervention as; ‘to restore trust and confidence between labour and government’; ‘assist the province to upgrade its systems and capabilities to a normality’; ‘ensure compliance with the legislative and regulatory framework of government’; ‘stabilise the labour environment’; ‘restore sustainable service delivery’; ‘ensure security of staff’ and ‘improve financial management’. The objectives of the intervention are indicative of what constitutes the ‘apparent crisis’ from the vintage point of ‘analyses’ that served as the primal input into Cabinet processes and thus gene...