South Africa

Couldn't agree with the Prez more on this and I'm glad the issue is finally coming to a head. For too long the salaries of Local Government officials have been completely unrelated to a) relevent skills b) task performance and c) target achievement. This has resulted in HUGE salaries for these people while the quality of their work has remained sketchy at best. Checkout the following quote concerning a recent skills audit of municipal managers in one province : 

“On a scale of one to four — four being excellent and one being the worst — the average manager’s capacity level was 1,6. How can we count on management to lead us when their skills levels are so low?”

 

A good question! Do yourself a favour and checkout the rest of the article here.