BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI

THE newly-appointed Public Service and Administration, advocate Ngwako Ramatlhodi addressed the government officials and public during service delivery improvement indaba at Mmabatho Convention Centre in North West yesterday.

Ramatlhodi said the government was taking it in its stride to make sure service delivery becomes its beacon.

He said the government officials needed to follow Batho Pele principles and have clear understanding of that they serving the community members which were at the forefront of the mission.

“Our government officials need to have a clear understanding of who are the beneficiaries of the government programs. We need to achieve the developmental oriented service delivery to alleviate poverty, inequality and unemployment,” he said.

“The government brought a new system called Central Supplier Database (CSD) which is expected to reduce corruption and fraud in government. Looting of government’s coffer affects service delivery and that results in poor economy. The government cannot sustain itself in improving the lives of ordinary people.”

This event was set aside as a platform for public servants to share and engage on matters of service delivery.

The provincial director-general Lydia Sebego said the provincial government was adamant to root out corruption and fraud within its system. She said the event was organized to celebrate the commitment, dedication and, excellence of public servants who went extra mile in the delivery of public services.

“As the provincial government, we can assure you that we investigating any corruption committed. We recently found out that we have 37 000 ghost employees in our system. The investigations are underway and we liaising with other departments to check where and how could that happened.”

-TDN

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