KwaZulu-Natal Receives Public Service Commission in
Second Leg of Anti-Corruption Workshop Series
24 March 2000
The Public Service Commission (PSC) recently embarked on
province-based workshops across the country in a bid
facilitate the fight against corruption by different
roleplayers and promote implementation of the National
Integrity Strategy. The second of this series of
Anti-Corruption Workshops will take place on Tuesday, March
28 2000 at the Blue Waters Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
The aim and purpose of the KwaZulu-Natal workshop are-
- to obtain a commitment from all stakeholders in the
KwaZulu-Natal Province to deal with corruption;
- to create a common understanding of corruption in
all its facets;
- to develop a clearly articulated provincial strategy
to fight corruption;
- to recommend legislative measures to give muscle to
anti-corruption structures;
- to send a clear message that corruption will not be
tolerated by government or any other role-players; and
- to encourage the usage of the KwaZulu-Natal
corruption reporting centre and its toll-free 'Blow the
Whistle on Corruption' hotline, number: 0800 313 233.
The Anti-Corruption Workshop Series comes in the wake of
resolutions passed at the National Anti-Corruption Summit of
1999, where various sectors committed themselves to promote
and actively engage in the eradication of corruption
wherever it occurs, and to establish mechanisms for
combating acts of fraud, corruption and other malpractices.
Participants of the Anti-Corruption Workshops will be drawn
from various sectors of society, as was the case in the
Summit. They include senior public servants, representatives
of the private and public sectors, religious, labour and
professional bodies, civil society, the media and others.
Commissioners and senior officials from the Public Service
Commission, the KwaZulu-Natal Premier and Director-General
will form part of key participants. Proceedings of the
workshop will be led by the chairperson and other
Commissioners, while the Premier of the province will give a
special address.
Subsequent to its involvement in the planning of the Summit,
Cabinet mandated the PSC to co-ordinate the implementation
of the resolutions. To this end the PSC is currently
facilitating the establishment of a co-ordinating structure
to oversee the national campaign against corruption. As a
follow-up the PSC recently tabled a progress report on the
National Anti-Corruption Programme to the Portfolio
Committee on Public Service and Administration.
The involvement of all sectors of society in the national
anti-corruption campaign is motivated mainly by the
recognition by both government and civil society that
corruption adversely affects all sectors of society, impacts
most directly on the poor, corrodes the national culture and
ethos of democracy, and depletes the resources that are
needed to ensure economic prosperity, equality and a better
life for all.
The participants for the Anti-Corruption Workshops are
selected to further assist in promoting constitutional
obligations, namely, transparency, clean governance and
efficient service delivery for the benefit of all members of
the South African society, as well as in developing a
culture of zero tolerance to corruption.
Through these anti-corruption workshops the Public Service
Commission continues to carry out one of its Constitutional
mandates, that is, to promote high standards of professional
ethics in the public service.
Communications Contact: Yvonne Mogadime (012) 352-1196 or
John Martin (033) 395-2237(Contact Person for KwaZulu-Natal
resident Commissioner HGD Zondi)
Issued by the Public Service Commission
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