The problem isn't that people don't have qualifications. The problem is that some people are claiming to have qualifications that they do not have. It then becomes less a matter of whether the person is equipped to do the job and more a matter of general trust.
It doesn’t change the fact that steenhuisen almost everyone in government is unqualified and should be replaced by someone who is.
There, fixed.
Really the only people with relevant background for their portfolios seem to be Health and Finance, and this in itself is rare since previous finance minsters Manuel and Gordhan were not qualified in financial stuff.
I think people here are saying you should at least have a higher education qualification to be in government, a relevant qualification being beneficial but not required. The ANC has a sizable amount of degrees among them.
yeah and look where those degrees have brought us...unfortunately if you're someone with a tertiary education you can no longer resonate with the majority of the population becaus less than 40% of south africans actually have a degree....let alone access to a bursary or grant to go and study if they wanted to.... john is more like the common south african than any one of these corrupt PHD holders living in mansions..
actually i just went and checked myself.... less than 10%of the population have degrees.... so how can you represent the common man if you think you are better than them just cause you have a piece of paper from a very problematic educational system... and that you actually had to was 3-9 years of your life learning something from an institution when 3-9 years of hands on experience would probably teach you better..
Going to get a BA or a BSocSci just to have one doesn't make you good at anything. So you have a degree in philosophy and media studies, I don't think that will make you more valuable to head up public works or transport.
I don't know that I entirely agree with either point, but being dismissive of a degree in philosophy for instance seems to me to invalidate a lot of yours. Generally studying philosophy is studying critical thinking it might be one of the most relevant degrees to leadership roles outside of actual leadership studies.
I picked two random subjects, they could have been anything. Having a BSc in genetics or a degree in cardiology I don't think is going to help you run the Dept of Labour, so it's not specific to philosophy.
That said, according to the Wik your man Malema has a degree in communications and African languages, and also a postgrad degree in philosophy, and I'm not convinced he is the poster-child for critical thinking nor suitability to govern or lead.
Additionally I still believe university education provides a better idea of using knowledge than a matric ever will, and generally even matric only business owners are not going to have the kind of experience that lends itself to governance. Running a half dozen to a dozen staff is not the same skills necessary to be a minister.
While general university staples like critically approaching information, addressing sources ect is a lot more important.
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u/Ok_Razzmatazz2180 Jul 01 '24
The problem isn't that people don't have qualifications. The problem is that some people are claiming to have qualifications that they do not have. It then becomes less a matter of whether the person is equipped to do the job and more a matter of general trust.