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The Public Service Amendment Bill and the Public Administration Management Amendment Bill seek to make changes to the legislative framework governing the public service in South Africa. As presently formulated they are inadequate, but the process is in the early stages and there is still the op...

A discussion, titled “Political Risks of Public Service Reform”, was hosted by the Government and Public Policy (GAPP) think tank and its director, Ivor Chipkin. The conversation was moderated by writer Palesa Morudu and included Anthony Butler, professor of political studies at the University of Cape Town, Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, Kganki Matabane, CEO of the Black Business Council, Itumeleng Molatlhegi (speaking on behalf of Cosat...

Why it’s so difficult for government to turn things around in South Africa Subscribe South Africa’s government consists of over two million employees and has a budget of R1.8 trillion. That makes for a vastly complicated institution that is going to present all kinds of management problems, says Busi Mavuso, chief executive of Business Leadership South Africa. Writing in her weekly open letter, Mavuso said that while the business sector is far larger in terms of people and money, it is div...

MONEYWEB app instead? Business is excited to work with the Vulindlela team to support its efforts. By Busi Mavuso 8 Mar 2021  14:53  Last week my confidence that government is focused on delivering reforms and building a capable state was boosted on two fronts. First, President Cyril Ramaphosa used his weekly letter to discuss the draft National Implementation Framework towards the Professionalisation of the Public Service. This is a significant step towards depoliticising the public se...

Public servants cost taxpayers millions of rands as government’s legal bills soars By Norman Cloete Share Johannesburg - Thousands of public servants have been sitting at home for the last year, at a cost of R100 million to the taxpayer. They are on full benefits and full pay pending their disciplinary hearings, but one former senior manager believes they have been suspended to prevent them from blowing the whistle on state capture. This week, Department of Public Service and Administratio...

The men and women of the public service need to be capacitated to play their role in driving development and consolidating democracy, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.

Structured consultations with various sectors on the draft National Implementation Framework towards the Professionalisation of the Public Service are under way, the president has said.

Only a capable, efficient, ethical and development-oriented state can deliver on the commitment to improve the lives of the people of this country, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter.

Sipho Mabena Presidents will to do away with unqualified, high-earners and their patronage networks will be met with resistance, but is long overdue Reducing the public sector wage bill will meet with resistance. Picture: REUTERS Not only will professionalising the public service take time and determination, but experts believe P...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to be part of the public consultation process around the draft National Implementation Framework and let their voices be heard