WEDNESDAY, 8.00AM
PUBLIC servants will be obliged to report cases of fraud, nepotism and maladministration by their colleagues, under a new code of conduct for civil servants, unveiled in parliament yesterday by Public Service Minister Zola Skweyiya.
Skweyiya said equivalent codes in other countries like Australia, the US and Uganda had been studied, which revealed that corruption could be contained by a code that promoted a professional and ethical culture.
The purpose of the code was to promote good conduct and root out “the ever looming spectre of corruption and fraud”, in accordance with the ANC’s 1994 promise of clean government, Skweyiya said.
The code covers the relationships of civil servants with the legislature, with the public, and with other civil servants, and sets out duties and principles. It promotes such values as honesty, efficiency, accountability and respect for the public.