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The ANC's national executive committee says improving the performance of local governments will be high on the agenda of the party and government.
The ANC said the auditor-general's report as well as its own internal monitoring report had highlighted areas considered to be posing a challenge in the composition and functioning of local government.
Meanwhile, the ANC's national executive committee also described the Marikana shooting as a tragedy.
ANC spokesperson, Gwede Mantashe, says the ruling party also backs the judicial commission of inquiry as well as the inter-ministerial committee established by president Jacob Zuma.
