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The state has to employ another one million people to match international standards
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Government structures in South Africa have been shown to host the greatest, albeit subtle, homophobia towards black gay men
Advisers – not consultants – can help close critical gaps in government where the loss of key skills leaves the president desperately needing to enhance the state’s capacity to secure his reforms
More than 2 400 interns and over 2 200 community service doctors are still awaiting placements, which are necessary to complete the statutory requirements so they can practice
Administrators exert political influence in the recruitment process, the Public Service Commission says
‘Ultimately, we’re stronger when we have one common vision’
​Jacob Melusi Motha has not been the only convict to work in the public service
South Africa is repeatedly failing to live up to its declared policies because of corruption, ineptitude and political patronage
The National School of Government is training officials to be committed, passionate and on-board.
The 1 000 public servants who didn’t resign from their companies face disciplinary action or suspension under the Public Service Act.
It’s not the private sector that’s failing our poor. It’s badly executed public policy that’s at fault.
The Government Pensions Administration Agency is attempting to trace the beneficiaries of R456-million in pension money.
The growing black middle classes show no signs that they will behave differently from
rich white folk.
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The government needs to look for dynamic, creative and innovative solutions to improve the capacity of the public sector.
Governments of many developing countries continue to face serious challenges with the provision of services to citizens.
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Curbing costs and corruption is the focus of a much broader overhaul, minister says.
The Public Service Commission this week told Parliament that the system of recruitment of heads of government departments needed a "rethink".
In a letter to the president and the DA, the national co-ordination committee of the national Imbizo asks politicians to start using public services.
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DA leader Helen Zille has called on the Public Service Commission to probe allegations the ANC is interfering in public-service appointments.
President Thabo Mbeki has opened the Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy in Pretoria.
Last year’s bitter public sector strike lives on in the unexpected multibillion-rand increase in the civil service pay bill announced this week.
The proposed 10,5% salary increase for public servants is technically correct, the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa said in Pretoria on Thursday.
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union on Thursday rejected the proposed public-service annual increase of 10,5%.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Wednesday welcomed the announcement of a pay increase for public servants. On Tuesday, Minister of Public Service and Administration Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi said public-sector workers would receive a wage increase of 10,5% with effect from July 1.
Public servants may be in line for a double-digit pay increase this year. Briefing the media at Parliament on Tuesday, Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi said the current wage agreement stipulated an increase of CPIX plus 1%.
Cases of corruption in the public sector reported to the National Anti-Corruption Hotline increased by 46% between 2004 and 2007, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Sunday. DA spokesperson on public service Karel Minnie said this was according to a 2008 report released by the Public Service Commission.
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The Department of Home Affairs expects to introduce the proposed new smart-card identity document (ID) to the general public within two years, it said on Wednesday. The card will replace the old ID, which is prone to fraud. The new ID will be much more difficult to forge.
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/ 5 December 2007
Hundreds of men and women, including Cabinet ministers, marched in Pretoria on Wednesday in support of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign. The crowd marched from Sammy Marks Square to the Union Buildings to hand over a memorandum calling for more to be done for gender equality.
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/ 30 November 2007
President Thabo Mbeki will receive an African Union report into the country’s governance standards on Wednesday next week, the Ministry of Public Service and Administration said on Friday. Mbeki had to postpone a handover ceremony at his office on Thursday because of other urgent government matters.
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/ 17 October 2007
The Public Servants’ Association of South Africa said on Wednesday that it foresaw chaos in the country’s prisons on weekends following failure of the Department of Correctional Services to compensate its employees who work on Saturdays and Sundays. Correctional services spokesperson Manelisi Wolela said the matter was still under discussion.
The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that President Thabo Mbeki did have the power to sack former National Intelligence Agency director general Billy Masetlha. The president had the power to terminate his employment under section 209(2) of the Constitution, read with section 3 of the Intelligence Services Act.