Hon Chairperson, Minister Sisulu must firstly be commended for her indications to tackle the difficult challenges facing the Public Service, specifically those identified in the National Development Plan and the Public Service Commission's report, like corruption and the inefficiency of the state.
Currently we do not have a capable state, a professional Public Service or the required competencies due to cadre deployment, corruption, inadequate tertiary training and basic school education that favour the politically connected, friends and family, and political influence in financial transactions.
The strategies by the Minister, including the School of Government, the anticorruption bureau and the consequences of the Public Administration Bill, must be funded from only this Budget Vote No 12. The Minister has indicated that she will have to seek extra funding from National Treasury to achieve all of our objectives.
However, with the gross domestic product, GDP, below 1%, increasing deficits on both the budget account and the trade account of the balance of payments, and a consumer price index, CPI, of 6%, there are no indications that this will materialise.
There are not enough attainable efforts being demonstrated to curb corruption, to determine a broader definition of family who would be prohibited from entering into business transactions with the state, and to prevent staff from serving on political party executive structures. Minister, without this, corruption will not stop.
The private member's Bill from the DA was a sincere effort to contribute to a more viable alternative. Both the School of Government and the anticorruption bureau will require huge amounts of funding to be successful. There are more viable alternatives. For instance, the Public Administration and Leadership Management Academy, Palama, and the School of Government cannot perform the services that are currently available at tertiary institutions, universities and further education colleges. There's also ... [Time expired.]