{{Wasteful spending of government resources must end, South Africa’s Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said in Pretoria on Wednesday.}}
“We have to repeat the message that resource wastage cannot be tolerated,” he told senior public servants at the 2013 government leadership summit in Pretoria.
“As we sit here today our public administration is saddled with notable challenges that must be addressed with due haste.”
Motlanthe said it would be important for the civil service to allocate resources to ensure efficient spending and value for money.
He cited the diagnostic overview of the National Planning Commission, which points out numerous problems with public sector performance.
“It [the overview] says addressing the uneven performance of the public service will, therefore, not be achieved through multiple initiatives, but rather through a focused and coordinated approach,” Motlanthe said.
“Our key challenge then, in addition to inculcating a sense of mission and a deeper understanding of government in our civil service, is to come to terms with the nuts and bolts of the civil service machinery.”
He urged delegates to develop appropriate systems to speed up development of “a capable and sustainable public service”.
News24
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