Civil servants need to be ‘insulated’ from politics and allowed to do their work
A high turnover of government’s senior civil servants has led to poor performance and as much as R44-million a year for them to twiddle their thumbs.
The extraordinary turnover of directors general has systematically weakened government performance and costs a fortune in salaries.
Because of the ANC’s factions, ministers often don’t trust the public servants who came before them.
What does the government do with its inconveniently placed DGs? Banish them to the State Information Technology Agency, of course.