Multi-Party Charter unveils plan to build a professional public service that delivers to all
11 April 2024
For three decades, South Africa’s Government has undermined the capacity of the State by staffing the public service through political deployments, regardless of any lack of qualifications, integrity or competence. This has enriched politically connected elites, and collapsed the State’s ability to provide essential government services that would assist in resolving our nation's most pressing challenges.
In 2024, there is urgent need for the electorate to remove a failed government and to hand the reins to a leadership with the skills, political will and integrity to build a professional public service that delivers to all. The Multi-Party Charter for South Africa is that leadership.
Yesterday, the eleven parties in the Multi-Party Charter unveiled a Charter Government’s plan to end cadre deployment and professionalise the public service, enhancing skills and accountability, and improving public service efficiency and value for money.
This plan was unveiled outside the Thembisa Municipal Customer Care Centre in the city of Ekurhuleni, which was destroyed by fire and never rebuilt or restored. It is a prime example of Government’s failure to provide a public service that actually delivers.