OFFICIALS who have been with the Justice and Constitutional Development for a long time were recently honoured for their service.

The department’s North West regional spokesperson, Thabo Seadira said they will continue to acknowledge and reward discipline, dedicated and determined employees.

“We held the awards for long serving members at Mahikeng Coke’s Lake last week Friday. The awards are aimed at recognising and celebrating recipients with outstanding service delivery over an extended period of time. The categories of the awards were inclusive of employees that have been in the public service over a period of ten, twenty and thirty years without a break,” Seadira said.

One of the recipients was acting chief magistrate, Mpho Sejanamane. He worked across the North West region and stakeholders from the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security cluster.

Sejanamane indicated that it was through hard work of long serving employees that the justice and constitutional development department continued to achieve their objectives.

“As the department, we render access to justice for all citizens. The level of complaints at the courts has been decreased. We have achieved that through the expertise, commitment and dedication of individuals who work tirelessly to deliver court services. It takes a special set of extraordinary skills and talent to attain long service award.

“I would like to further encourage young generation to emulate the outstanding work rate displayed by our top achievers. In order to elevate the phenomenal work that the department, we will need extraordinary skills,” Sejanamane said.

He also attributed the altruism as one virtue that individuals have. Sejanamane said it was not an easy task to deal with nature of clients they served, but they managed through selflessness.

“Simple action like listening to someone makes a great difference. The recipients have demonstrated a great deal of loyalty and dedication in serving members of the public. The department deemed it crucial to acknowledge these remarkable and selfless public servants on a special occasion dedicated exclusively to them.

Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court public servant, Ezekiel Pie had more than 30 years of work service. He previously served during apartheid regime. Pie continued to render his service in the dawn of democratic administration.

“I attribute my long service to the love of my work. One need to make sacrifice and teamwork is very imperative. I would like to encourage the young generation to have perseverance and be disciplined at their work place,” he said.

Human Resource director, Teboho Chabeli applauded the recipients. He urged them to continue to raise the bar.

TDN

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