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Public servants

BUSANI NGCAWENI: Professionalisation of the public sector must be sped up

By Busani Ngcaweni

Many public servants are working diligently and ethically to provide public services; yet the few who are scoundrels taint the entire system, writes Busani...

  • Michael Seloane, the commissioner for the Public Service Commission. Picture: @OPSC_SA/Twitter

    PSC: Public servants have duty to report irregularities to higher authorities

    The Public Service Commission (PSC) said that it had noticed many instances where employees involved in irregularities claimed that they were 'too afraid' to defy their bosses and ended up bearing the brunt of the unlawful conduct.

    290 days ago
  • A police officer gets his COVID-19 vaccine at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto on 5 July 2021. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter

    OPINION: What getting my COVID vaccine taught me about being a public servant

    Izimangaliso Malatjie was excited to get her COVID-19 vaccination when registration for her age group opened. But that excitement was quelled.

    339 days ago
  • Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu at a media briefing on the coronavirus on 25 March 2020 in Pretoria. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Mchunu: Nothing wrong with asking public to help solve civil servant wage talks

    Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu insisted that he had ideas but needed the public to bolster it.

    424 days ago
  • FILE: Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu. Picture: GCIS.

    Mchunu describes this year’s wage talks as the most difficult SA ever faced

    He has urged government and labour representatives to put the public service first and not treat each other as adversaries.

    430 days ago
  • FILE: Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu. Picture: GCIS.

    SA has more ethical public servants than corrupt officials, says Mchunu

    The COVID-19 pandemic has given corrupt officials an opportunity to loot money meant to help citizens through the health crisis.

    607 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Thuli Madonsela speaks during a media briefing in Pretoria on 28 August 2014. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    ANALYSIS: Why an amnesty for grand corruption in SA is a bad idea

    The first of a series of fatal flaws in the idea is about where to draw the line.

    615 days ago
  • Workers affiliated to different trade unions marched from Burgerspark to the Treasury in Pretoria on 7 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Public servants demand govt honour 2018 wage increase agreement

    Cynthia Seopa, an immigration official at Home Affairs, said government had taken food out of their children’s mouths.

    627 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa interacting with communities across the nation through a virtual Presidential Imbizo on coronavirus. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    RAMAPHOSA: Civil service should be for best and brightest to serve SA

    President Cyril Ramaphosa says that to build a more capable state, government has to seriously and urgently address the shortcomings in the organisation and the capacity of the public service.

    664 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on 23 July 2020. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa: Public servants are crucial to how govt is perceived by citizens

    President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday used his weekly newsletter to highlight the role of public servants in the country, saying thta they carried a great responsibility on their shoulders.

    664 days ago
  • Picture: EWN

    Public service wage bill to be cut by 1% over next 3 years

    The Budget review presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni reads like a dream for proponents of bold cuts in the public service.

    851 days ago
  • FILE: Thousands of public servants march in the Pretoria CBD for better wages. Picture: EWN

    Govt attempts to get out of 2018 wage agreement with civil servants

    Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is under pressure from ratings agencies, among others, to decrease the Public Service Wage Bill that’s been a burden on government spending for years now.

    851 days ago
  • Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu. Picture: @thedpsa/Twitter

    Govt faces wage bill problem as public servants snub early retirement packages

    EWN has established that only 4,600 people applied for the early retirement package, but it’s possible that only a portion of those applicants might ultimately qualify for the deal.

    852 days ago
  • FILE: One of the police trainees salute as the South African flag is raised during a graduation parade. Picture: SAPS

    'You can't be emotional': Civil servants open up on mental health struggles

    As part of a wide-ranging look into the state of South Africa's health, Eyewitness News is shining the spotlight on the mental wellbeing of public servants.

    958 days ago
  • FILE: Cosatu parliamentary coordinator Matthew Parks. Picture: @SACTWU/Twitter.

    Cosatu irritated by Treasury's attacks on public servants' right to living wage

    The trades union federation is among a string of organisations, lobby groups and economists making submissions on the Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement at Parliament.

    963 days ago
  • FILE: Public Servants Association members picketing in Johannesburg. Picture: @PSA_Union/Twitter.

    Rate of salaries increases for public servants worrying - CDE

    The organisation detailed how government could reduce spending while placing immediate attention on reducing waste.

    1032 days ago
  • FILE: Cosatu parliamentary coordinator Matthew Parks. Picture: @SACTWU/Twitter.

    ‘It’s unfair to blame workers for state’s soaring wage bill’

    Cosatu and Fedusa say the focus should be on cleaning up corruption, sorting out state-owned companies and trimming a bloated executive.

    1334 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the Cosatu Congress 2018 at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    [WATCH] Ramaphosa: 30,000 public servants won’t be retrenched

    President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) that government has no plans to retrench over 30,000 public servants.

    1377 days ago
  •  Public Service Commission Commissioner Michael Seloane. Picture: www.psc.gov.za

    721 of govt’s senior managers fail to disclose business interests

    The figures reveal that nearly 2,000 members declared their directorships, but 721 - including 485 in national government departments - failed to do so.

    1447 days ago
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