ActionSA says the professionalisation of local government requires integrity [SOUND]

# ActionSA says the professionalisation of local government demands far more than degrees and bureaucracy; it requires integrity, courage, and the trust of the community. This comes as the local government elections are scheduled to be held next year. ActionSA’s Funzi Ngobeni says many of the people who have presided over collapsing municipalities have long CVs, yet their experience has delivered corruption, cadre deployment, and institutional decay. He says the party refuse to accept the false choice between experience and ethics, as South Africans deserve both: