PSC to Brief Members of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature on the State of Governance in The Province

20 June 2017

The Public Service Commission (PSC) will on Thursday, 22 June 2017 brief members of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature on the Report on the state of governance/state of the public service in the Province. Titled Section 196 (4) (e) Report, this Report has been compiled in compliance with Section 196 (4) (6) which require that the PSC should report to the Provincial Legislature on the following:

Its activities and the performance of its functions, including any findings it may make and directions and advice it may give.
An evaluation of the extent to which the values and principles set out in Section 195 are complied with.

Accordingly, the PSC’s briefing to the Legislature will cover in detail the content of the work of the PSC, its findings, advice, proposals and recommendations. The briefing will focus on amongst others, key findings and recommendations that the PSC made on the following:

Management of Grievances, including trends
Public Administration Investigations, including High Profile Cases
Management of Anti-Corruption Hotline
Financial Misconduct
Management of the Financial Disclosure Framework, including the outcome of the Financial Disclosure Scrutiny for 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16
Inspections at Lebombo and Oshoek Border Posts as well as selected Police Stations

In each of these focus areas the PSC has proposed significant recommendations for the improvement of the state of the public service in the province. The PSC Commissioner in Mpumalanga, Mr David Mkhwanazi will brief the Legislature.

Members of the media are invited to the briefing to be held as follows:

Venue	Committee Room 07, Provincial Legislature (Government Complex)
Date	22 June 2017
Time	09:00 – 11:00

NB Media briefing will commence at 11:15

Issued by the Public Service Commission

For enquiries, please contact: Mr Humphrey Ramafoko; Tel: 012- 352 1196; Cell: 082 782 1730; Email: humphreyr@opsc.gov.za.