BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI

THE African National Congress in North West is taking a huge measure by verifying all academic qualifications of their senior managers across all municipalities. The initiative was unveiled by the ruling party on Friday at Orkney during Setsokotsane visit.

ANC provincial secretary, Dakota Legoete said the ruling party is planning to curb discrepancies and transparency is needed. “We want to make sure every manager has valid qualifications that fit his job descriptions. We will make sure we achieve this through a system of performance management and effective internal controls intended to enhance a conducive environment that is fair, equitable, competitive and cost effective,” he said.

He said the processes and procedures implemented by departments to verify qualifications is an area of concern that needs to be monitored on a regular basis. Every MEC will make sure he or she verifies qualifications of its staff. “To do this work effectively, though, we depend on the support and commitment of all the departments within the South African Public Service. This guide should assist departments and is intended to provide direction on the process for auditing the qualifications of officials. Verifying qualifications should be seen as a means to manage and control corruption and fraud within the human resource area,” he said.

The objective of implementing such a verification process is to enhance the ethical infrastructure of departments. Legoete said the party want to make the province a custodian of good governance. “The Heads of Department and line functionaries have a major role to ensure that personnel understand their collective responsibility to fight corruption and prevent fraud. The verification of qualifications project is one element to assist in this process,” he said.

-TDN

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