Muthambi: March must not affect service delivery
Updated | By Suné du Toit
Newly-appointed Public Service and Administration Minister Faith Muthambi has called on Accounting Officers and Managers in the Public Service to ensure service delivery is not compromised on Friday.
Several marches are expected to take place across the country calling for President Jacob Zuma step down or be recalled.
There have also been calls for a nationwide stay away.
Civil organisations will be marching to the Union Buildings and have called on South Africans to come out in their numbers and voice their outrage over the current state of the country.
Minister Muthambi released a statement, reminding public servants to conduct themselves in a professional and ethical manner and to comply with all the regulatory frameworks relating to their responsibilities.
Muthambi is urging public servants to conduct themselves in line with the Constitution, the Code of Conduct and the Service Charter.
According to the department:
- Chapter 10 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa requires that the public service must, amongst others, maintain and promote a high standard of professional ethics and be accountable.
- In terms of the Public Service Regulations, 2016, all employees in the public service have the responsibility to comply with the prescribed Code of Conduct. As this forms the main basis on which pro-active, corrective and disciplinary action rests, the employer must do everything possible to ensure that the provisions of the Code of Conduct are known to all employees.
- It is important to reiterate that the primary purpose of the Code of Conduct is a positive one, namely to promote exemplary conduct. An employee shall be guilty of misconduct and may be dealt with in accordance with sections 16A and 16B of the Public Service Act, if he or she contravenes any provision of the Code of Conduct.
"We therefore expect Accounting Officers and Heads of Departments in the Public Service to ensure that our citizens receive the services they expect from their government. We commend the many public servants who, on a daily basis, display professional and ethical values and behaviour which reflects the values and principles enshrined in section 195(1) of the Constitution to create the ideal public service as envisaged in the National Development Plan (NDP). As a public service, we should at all times be guided by the Batho Pele value statement: 'We Belong, We Care, We Serve'," says Muthambi.
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