Deputy Speaker, the bloated public sector wage bill is one of the greatest threats to the country's financial sustainability; a threat also identified by National Treasury and highlighted by the Minister of Finance during last week's mini-budget, by saying that the challenges of the wage bill will have to be dealt with.
Afrikaans:
Openbare-sektor vakbonde sal egter die grootste uitdaging wees, synde die vakbonde die regering gyselaar hou met stakings en dreigemente oor die verlies aan steun.
English:
Whilst there are many government officials not fit for purpose or qualified with necessary skills to deliver the services they are employed to do, in which case consultants are procured to deliver the same services at exorbitant rates. The Department of Public Service and Administration, DPSA, as a department, save for the Public Service Commission, PSC, and certain key functions such as the prevention of fraud and corruption, and monitoring and evaluation, is in many aspects a bloated and unnecessary department in itself, which, if the other state departments function properly, would not have much to do at all. However, it begs the question, if the DPSA fulfilled its mandate of improving management and operation systems to challenges frontline staff face in delivering quality services to citizens by introducing efficient and effective work processes, including information technology, IT, systems that are tailored to specific areas of service delivery, why then are entities such as the Compensation Fund in need of action plans and turnaround strategies due to shortcomings in exactly those areas?
Afrikaans:
Die aanvbevelings deur die komitee ondervang tekortkominge in die verslag. Dit is egter kommerwekkend dat slegs sowat 1 200 ondersoeke gegenereer is uit die 51 000 oproepe deur die antikorrupsie-telefoonlyn.
Hierdie kwessie is glad nie aangespreek nie en laat die vraag ontstaan of daar werklik erns gemaak word met die voorkoming en bevegting van korrupsie en bedrog.
English:
The FF Plus objects to the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report of the DPSA. I thank you.