Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen - The truism, same context, different outcomes, applies to the performance of politicians. A select number of politicians have excelled in South Africa, but the public remains unconvinced that the performance of government has improved. Interestingly, across perception surveys, there is a decline in the approval ratings of governments over the last five years. An important proposal has been floated to improve the performance of our government, by having politicians with executive...