Gauteng Business 2016 edition

SPECIAL FEATURE
Modernisation of the
public service
The GPG says it recognises that
radical socioeconomic transformation
cannot occur without
fundamentally changing the
way state institutions relate to
society. As public officials and
public servants, the GPG has to
radically transform its attitudes
and behaviour towards the public
to reassert the dictum that it
is there to serve the people, and
not the other way round.
“I am more convinced that we
have to radically change the way
government works in order to
place service to the people at the
centre of our work. It is for this
reason that we have adopted the
notion of an activist government
as part of building a capable and
developmental state envisaged
in the RDP and more recently
the National Development Plan,
Vision 2030,” said Makhura.
Dealing with – and eradicating
– corruption among public
officials and public servants
(including in the private sector)
is vital to the success of the
initiative. The GPG will introduce
measures to strengthen the integrity
of public institutions and
public processes so that fraud
and corruption are prevented
and detected early in the value
chain in order to prevent losses.
Makhura added it was not
enough to simply talk about
fighting corruption. “We have to
demonstrate in action that corruption
will not be tolerated in
this administration,” he noted.
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