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THE FRASER-MOLEKETI FILES
Public service (and administration) minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi and her department.
2008
…working in a trajectory of perpetual improvement and elevation for all…
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To this effect the structure of the portfolio is covering the necessary angles.
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The CPSI [Centre for Public Service Innovation] have to ensure that
innovation becomes an embedded way of working across the public sector,
solving problems in creative ways when and where they arise and that
such knowledge is freely shared across the public sector so that we do
not spend unnecessary resources on re-inventing the wheel, where the
wheel has already been designed. In the final instance, the PSC is
there to provide honest feedback to Parliament, as required by the
Constitution, on how well our policies are implemented, so that we can
take the necessary corrective action within the policy and
implementation domains, where and if it might be necessary.
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We also see the Annual Budget Vote Speech as an opportunity to inform
the populace at large what we do under this portfolio and we provide an
empirical input to the policy and intellectual community that supports
our work for further analysis and processing.
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However during the course [of] 2008/2009 the preparatory work for
decentralisation will commence to ensure a smooth transition from a
centralised to a decentralised approach in this respect.
Public service and
administration minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi introducing her
department’s budget vote in Parliament. June 3 2008.
During the 07/08 financial year the PILIR processes were sustained and
monitored through steering committees in 11 implementation areas,
to support departments with the implementation in preparation for
the decentralisation to departments in the next (09/10) financial year.
Public service and
administration minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi at a media briefing.
PILIR: Policy on Incapacity Leave and Ill-health Retirement. June 2
2008.
The previous six audit reports of the Department have
been reviewed and all key risk areas have been categorised and
prioritised.
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A programme to stabilise the existing operational infrastructure
including the network is underway, aimed at developing real time online
capability and enhanced security.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi talking about the department of home affairs in a media briefing. May 6 2008.
The reality is that collectively we need to develop a
set of guidelines for global accountability and transparency with
respect to the multilateral institutions of governance we entrust to
deal with the set of policy issues generated by globalisation and which
are located at the level of the nation state but whose resolution
requires co-operation among the multiplicity of nation states of which
we are all a part.
Public service minister Geraldine
Fraser-Moleketi in a speech. To the “Developing capacities in
leadership for better co-ordination of networked and on-line government
services, conference for secretaries to cabinet”. April 23 2008.
The Bujumbura roundtable marked the beginning of a
convergence of concerted effort towards the development of a framework
and action plan for the gender-politico-governance dimensions of post
conflict reconstruction and development.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi in a speech on reconstruction in Burundi. April 7 2008.
It seems as if the requisite skills in this regard, are not at an optimal level.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi in a speech. April 1 2008.
The rationale for the plan is to position the CDWP
within the government’s Access Strategy and service delivery
thrust. The Access Strategy aims to speed up public access to
government services over the next six years (2007 – 2014). The
framework intends to define the terrain that the CDW cadres occupy and
with whom they should collaborate. It is important that this
clarification is effected so that the value of the programme within the
broader or global service delivery thrust is realised. The
value-add of the CDWP will come through if a common understanding is
developed amongst stakeholders about what CDWs do.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi in a speech. CDWs are community development workers. March 14 2008.
No, we are bringing government to the people by working across the
social cluster departments to roll out the campaign, at the same time
assessing the redress mechanisms within departments, followed by rolling
out to the constitutional institutions.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi in a
statement condemning “the kind of approach that disempowers the
citizen, while deepening the maze behind which bureaucrats the world
over hide”. March 10 2008.
The challenge for member states like South Africa in
this regard is to develop collaboratively with relevant stakeholders a
data collating format that would indicate the scope, prevalence and
incidence of violence against women.
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Appropriate measuring tools should inform and strengthen effective interventions.
Department of public service and administration
communiqué on the UN meeting (see the entry below) attended by
its minister, Geraldine raser-Moleketi. February 28 2008.
Social mobilization is an important vehicle to ensure
that social justice is entrenched through the provision of adequate and
relevant resources to drive the implementation of gender equality
programmes.
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We locate ourselves within these debates in a holistic manner.
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There is hope for a better future tomorrow embedded within a
progressive legislative framework, a nationally driven plan of action,
and the appropriate institutional mechanisms to drive implementation.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi speaking to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. February 27 2008.
These discussions take place in the context of the
ongoing engagement on strengthening the capacity of the state and the
optimal functioning of the systems of government and state. Obtaining
the optimal return from the human capital component, whether in the
public sector, private sector or political sphere must surely be an
ongoing topic for discussion, in both the national and international
arena.
Media statement by the public service ministry,
explaining something that minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi explained
at her media briefing on February 13. February 19 2008.
The project is implemented in three phases. These are:
(1) The technical analysis of economic potential, poverty and strategic development challenges facing a district;
(2) The translation of the technical analysis into a development vision
for the district backed by setting of priorities and identification of
intergovernmental/coordination arrangements to ensure the
implementation of the priorities; and
(3) Institutionalising outcomes of the first two phases by including
them in the district Integrated Development Plan (IDP) as overall
framework for integrating plans of other spheres.
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The envisaged outcome will focus on improving service delivery and
customer satisfaction through improved turnaround times.
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The Cluster will facilitate the process of developing a coordinated
service delivery spatial plans including service points and human
resource (HR) capacity and will as a first step conduct a survey of
existing Geographical Information System at provincial and national
government and then establish GIS for the Single Public Service.
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The three core pillars of the Local Government Strategic Agenda are:
a) Mainstreaming hands-on support to Local Government to improve
municipal governance, performance and accountability;
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One of the key findings of this study concluded that the individual
nodal economies profiles amply demonstrate that there is significant
potential for catalytic economic development in these nodes.
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In 2008 the intention is to upscale this work and rollout the strategy to 150 municipalities throughout the country.
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The project on the implementation of the Community Development Workers
(CDW) Programme will also be pursued this year. The focus of the action
plan for CDW will seek to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the
CDWs, develop an operational strategy and guidelines to ensure
performance and accountability of CDWs, develop an outcomes-based
training and capacity building programme as well as develop a
monitoring and evaluation instrument to monitor the work of CDWs.
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The last broad policy area of the G&A Cluster is the transversal
system and has two main focus areas for 2008. These focus areas are
Integrated Planning and Government-Wide Monitoring and Evaluation
System (GWM&ES). The Integrated Planning focuses on the
implementation and monitoring of credible Integrated Development
Planning (IDP) Framework and the aim is to achieve 100% IDP adoption
rate for 2008/09 and 50% of IDPs drafted in the credible IDP format.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi briefing
parliamentary journalists on the affairs of the cabinet’s
governance and administration-related portfolios. February 13 2008.
2007
There was a 100% credible Integrated Development Plan (IDP) adoption rate for the 2006/07 financial year.
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The service standards developed as part of the implementation of the
Access Strategy have been completed and will be presented at the
Gauteng Intersectoral Steering Committee for alignment with
department-specific service standards.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi briefing
parliamentary journalists on the affairs of the cabinet’s
governance and administration-related portfolios. November 2 2007.
Ours is a very dynamic field, characterized by ongoing changes in
response to the perpetual changes in the environment in which we are
expected to operate. As has been the case so many times over the past
decades we are currently in an intense period where internationally the
search is on for deepened theoretical understanding in terms of our
discipline.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi speaking
at a South African Association for Public Administration and Management
conference. November 1 2007.
In its conceptualization, the SPS is seen as a critical and strategic
intervention of government to further enhance and strengthen the
capability of the system of government (across the three spheres) to be
able to successfully deliver on the State's developmental agenda. For
enhanced service delivery and better integration of efforts, the SPS is
based on the fundamental premise that the institutions across the three
spheres of government that comprise the machinery of State have to be
strategically aligned and harmonized to complement one another so as to
more effectively fulfil the needs of SA society.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi speaking
at a South African Association for Public Administration and Management
conference. November 1 2007. An SPS is a single public service.
In addition to a detailed reflection on the progress
made in a number of areas, the meeting solidified the collective
actions that will be taken to strengthen the state of Governance and
Public Administration on the African continent.
Media release from the department of public administration and development. October 26 2007.
Important points to note
- Alignment of the MDIs with your government's
programme of Action, MDIs require knowledge and thorough understanding
of the agenda of government.
- Underlying assumptions about efficient, effective and
accountable delivery of services can actually wreck some of the best
intended initiatives.
- Identification of what constitutes the key positive
feedback loops between MDIs, Public Service Training Institutes and the
Public Service to be effective agents for service delivery.
- Understanding the cause and effect relationships of problems and their solutions.
To drive change MDIs should facilitate consensus
building on key points of leverage for transformation of the public
service. More than simply passing on knowledge and skills MDIs need to
facilitate a common vision on development goals and strategies to
achieve them. To have common vision, there are specific values and
attitudes, mindsets to align to those goals.
Management Development Institutes carry the statutory mandate to
contribute to the enhancement of the capacity of the state by
delivering through human and institutional development.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi speaking
at an African Management Development Institutes Network conference.
August 30 2007.
HR Connect is a project aimed at rolling out a skills
database in the public service. Experience and qualifications of
employees have been profiled. The system is now web-enabled. Further
customisation is ongoing. The circular issued by the Department of
Public Service and Administration (dpsa) has led departments to consult
with the dpsa when conducting skills audits and developing human
resource information systems.
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Work on definitions of the Compendium of Indicators has started.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi briefing
parliamentary journalists on the affairs of the cabinet’s
governance and administration-related portfolios. And no, she
didn’t explain what the Compendium of Indicators was. August 28
2007.
Although it is important to scrutinise the detailed
project progress on a regular basis as facilitated by this review, it
is equally important to take a step back at intervals to consider
whether the work of the [cabinet’s governance] Cluster is making
a positive difference.
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Anti-corruption efforts at local level are focused on implementing an anti-corruption strategy.
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The capacity building initiatives are supported by organisational
initiatives (human resource management interventions) and governance
initiatives, including monitoring and evaluation.
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The transversal systems of government must also be integrated,
especially planning and monitoring and evaluation. Ambitious programmes
are underway in these areas, in order to harmonise the planning of the
national, provincial and local spheres, and in order to establish an
integrated framework for monitoring and evaluation. Both of these
programmes have not yet been fully implemented, and once the initial
implementation is in place, the systems will continue operating with
modifications where required.
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A managerial competency framework and occupational competency profiles
have been developed for senior managers in municipalities and
incorporated into the Municipal Regulations.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi briefing
parliamentary journalists on the affairs of the cabinet’s
governance and administration-related portfolios. July 3 2007.
The component model is suitable for an institution, with
a unique identity that has specific measurable functions that can be
logically grouped in terms of a particular service delivery model. Such
a component may have original statutory functions or assigned or
delegated statutory functions or a combination of these.
Statement by the department of public service and administration. June 20 2007.
The broader development project that I have referred to
has many dimensions and we need to look strategically at them all and
ascertain where we can fit as a programme and how we can interface with
them in a manner that will ensure that we make a positive contribution
to embedding sustainable development.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. June 11 2007.
It therefore stabilises salary expectations in
government, of which it is a crucial commitment of Government, to
ensure that this current expenditure, does not compromise operational
expenditure, thereby affecting service delivery.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a statement. May 4 2007.
This will be done through the development and
implementation of customised remuneration dispensation for broad
categories of occupations in the public service.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a statement. May 4 2007.
As a function of co-operative governance, the spheres
are required to co-ordinate their actions to provide coherent
government for the country as a whole.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. April 24 2007.
Institutional integration focuses on the harmonisation
and better alignment of the institutional enablers that will contribute
toward enhanced service delivery.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. April 24 2007.
We were amongst the early contingent that critiqued New
Public Management (NPM), cautioning about the potential negative
implications of taking an approach of a minimalist state in a
developing country setting and also tendencies within the NPM tradition
that ignored the necessary nuance that contextual understanding brings
to any discussion regarding good and transferable practice.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. April 18 2007.
Governments can create a national integrity system
infrastructure with laws systems and structures but ultimately
leadership must voluntarily submit to a higher code of probity, which
goes beyond strictly legal prescriptions.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. April 2 2007.
The overarching goal of a single system of public
administration and management that covers the three spheres of
government is to give effect to developmental goals by establishing
seamless, integrated service delivery through integration of service
delivery institutions of government. It intends facilitating this goal
by ensuring that the single public service is and functions as one by
determining national norms and standards through appropriate
legislative and regulatory environment.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. March 26 2007.
These include a broad and substantive equality right
which includes protection against unfair discrimination on sex, gender,
age, pregnancy, marital status and sexual orientation; a right to
security and freedom of the person which specifically incorporates the
right to be free from all forms of violence from either public or
private sources and the right to bodily and psychological integrity
including the right to make decisions concerning reproduction and to
security in and control over their bodies.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. March 9 2007.
We should unpack these for their possible negative
influence on women's continued emancipation, and where suitable and
required, we could develop particularistic women's models.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. March 9 2007.
…achieving optimal alignment of vision between different initiatives….
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. March 9 2007.
We have re-appropriated the discourse and the language
of the discourse. We have redefined the discourse and the actual
terrain of the discourse
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. March 2 2007.
One focuses on the corrupted, the other seeks to focus
on the corrupter, but both ignore the complexity and nuance surrounding
the structural relationships which are embedded in the political
economic interface.
Public service ministry, in a draft speech for
minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi. February 28 2007. The word
“critical” occurs ten times in this speech.
We must put in place all of the levers for our change
and take responsibility for our roles, not only as the architects but
also the actual builders of the pillars of change for our societies we
serve.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. February 26 2007.
I again looked at initiatives across the key
institutions, and I have to come to the conclusion that there is
significant alignment on the strategic level.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. February 26 2007.
We could therefore safely assume that the problems we
are experiencing with regard to the programmes as they are publicly
formulated and supported is not necessarily on the so-called "policy
level".
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. February 26 2007.
However, what we need to improve on is our alignment of
processes our efforts do not necessarily carry through in other
processes that take place between and within key players. In other
words, we are doing the right things, but the impact thereof are
limited, since the loops into certain processes are not adequately
closed and connections not made in a proactive manner.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. February 26 2007.
We need to ensure that we get involved in order to
enthuse processes at the national level that will institutionalise the
content of this Charter.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. February 26 2007.
The programme serves as a vehicle to mobilise global and
continental partners and facilitate the establishment of the required
continental and regional interventions to support national governance
and public administration improvement efforts.
Public service minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in a speech. February 20 2007.
Although the main parties to this MoU are JICA and SAMDI, the programme being given effect to is a flagship programme for AMDIN.
Department of public service, in a media statement. To be fair, it did explain what the acronyms were. February 20 2007.
Both these local government support interventions are
firmly rooted in the intergovernmental relations framework, which
enabled government to better mobilise and organise national and
provincial government to the task of mainstreaming hands-on support to
municipalities.
Department of public service, in a media statement. February 14 2007.
Service delivery has been accelerated through the unblocking of blocked projects.
Department of public service, in a media statement. February 14 2007.
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