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The Minister of Administration and Public Service, Senzo Mchunu, has asked the National School of Government (NSG) to help promote ethics, productivity and innovation in the country’s public service.
In a speech on Tuesday (October 20), the minister said that the government’s goal is to build an ethical, developmental and capable state and reminded the NSG to enhance its role towards achieving this goal.
He said that the public sector has an important role to play in building a developmental state that can step in and help build an environment in which the economy grows and creates jobs.
“We need to regain people’s trust in government and the public sector. When training public servants, inform them that we want to achieve a state of ethical and capable development, ”he said.
The minister also called for a “hard-working civil service.” He said the government did not tolerate lazy and unproductive public servants who spend hours doing nothing.
“As public servants, you must ask yourselves what you have achieved each day at the end of a workday. Part of being ethical is being aware of your work. “
“Some people spend four hours on Monday mornings reviewing weekend activities instead of working.”
Necessary innovation
Mchunu also expressed concern about inadequate access to business tools for civil servants below the senior management level.
Many public servants cannot enroll in courses online because they do not have laptops or data, he said.
“This problem became more pronounced during the Covid-19 lockdown period. It needs to be corrected.
“We need to invest in these devices for all public servants; They need to have these tools for self-development and also because the age we live in demands that we use these devices to provide services to people, ”said Mchunu.
Mchunu also made a strong call for innovation in public service, saying that public servants must be innovative and able to solve problems using new ICT tools. They also need to be flexible and creative in offering solutions and not just focus on identifying problems.
“Let us declare war on lack of innovation in public service. Innovation is not only required in the private sector. We also need it in the public sector ”.
Mchunu said there were fewer people working during the shutdown, but productivity was high due to innovative methods that were used through digital technologies to do government work.
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