Speaker, the President has quite rightly referred to the Human Resource Development Strategy, a very aspirational document. However, the reality, the hard reality, is contained in a different report: the recent assessment of the Public Service Commission, under the Chairpersonship of Dr Mgijima, who found that many government departments do not apply even some of the most basic management norms.
I will quote from the document to you. On page 16, he says:
The majority of departments did not have job descriptions for posts that have been advertised.
Now, this situation has serious implications, and I quote again. Dr Mgijima says:
The Public Service fails to place people with the right skills and competencies in the right places.
Mr President, my question is: How do you manage a professional Public Service without meeting the most basic requirements of human resource management, such as job descriptions, to fill vacant posts? [Applause.]