Public Service Month to honour those who serve the people
This, is according to Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration, Dr Chana Philane-Majake who spoke at a recent ministerial imbizo held at Ga-Mothapo
POLOKWANE Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration, Dr Chana Philane-Majake said the led government recognises the role of traditional leadership as an integral part of our democratic dispensation.
She said this during the ministerial imbizo held at Ga-Mothapo recently. She said the government acknowledge the role traditional leaders played in dismantling the pillars of Apartheid during the liberation struggle.
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“The crucial role of traditional leadership is reflected in Chapter 12 of our Constitution. It is a demonstration that the founding drafters of our Constitution took into cognisance the role of traditional leaders as part of not only our culture but a governance mechanism in our democracy.
“When government works hand-in-hand with the traditional leaders, the people who will benefit most are the citizens of our country. The Public Service Month is set aside to recognise the role played by public servants in the service delivery mechanism to honour men and women who serve our citizens across the three spheres of government. We also use the Public Service Month as a reality-check on how as government, we deliver services to our people. It is one thing to deliver service but it is another how those services are delivered,” said Philane-Majake.
She said through the Public Service Month, government and public servants utilise this opportunity to improvpoe its service delivery programme and it is an integral part of the Batho Pele Revitalisation strategy.
“The vision of the Public Service Month is to instill and rebuild good ethics and professionalism in how public servants do their work, recommit and rededicate the public servants to the principles of Batho Pele.
To improve the morale and inculcate a sense of pride of being a public servant; and improve service delivery by exposing senior and middle managers to the coalface service delivery points to identify challenges, and to administration, we are custodians of the Public Service in South Africa develop plans for corrective action and interfacing with the citizens,” she said.
She further said the 2018 Public Service Month commemorations are underway in a year, in which we celebrate the centenary of the late former President Nelson Mandela and Mama Albertina Sisulu, who dedicated her life to fight for the emancipation of women and the liberation of South Africa.
“Our country’s blueprint, the National Development Plan (NDP), places an obligation to build a public service that supports a capable and developmental state. The NDP complements our Constitutional imperative to create a public administration that is professional, responsive capable and responsible,” she concludes.
