Cape Town — The Public Service Commission’s (PSC) latest media briefing revealed acts of corruption and late payments have proven to be problematic for the commission.
Accoridng to PSC Commissioner Anele Gxoyiya, it received over 1 000 complaints of alleged corruption from government departments from the first to thrid quarter of the 2023/2024 financial year, with nealry 900 of those making up public entities, EWN reported.
The PSC also saw a high number of whistleblowers at a provincial level, with complaints in Gauteng, the Western Cape, Northern Cape and KZN. Gxoyiva said he is still worried about the trends.
“For example in the Eastern Cape, where in the first quarter there were no complaints but in the second quarter there were complaints. this means, instead of us maintaining the status quo of no complaints, there is an increase.” he said.
[Photo] The Public Service Commission Commissioner, Anele Gxoyiya briefs media on the Quarterly Bulletin.
The @PSC_ZA also gave an update on the outcomes of its Plenary meeting held from 6-8 March 2024. pic.twitter.com/LxL5GL6VI2
— South African Government (@GovernmentZA) March 11, 2024
According to SABC News, Gxoyiva said late payment of suppliers remains a major problem at national government level. In his latest bulletin, he found that there were 33 000 invoices worth R1 billion not paid within the 30-day period.
It’s a problem because it means R1-billion worth of money was kept by the departments when it was supposed to be in circulation to the service providers who at times are struggling to pay their own employees as a result of being paid late by the department. But what we can indicate is that the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is the main contributing department in terms of the late payment of invoices. Those that are supposed to be enforcing the law are the ones that are flouting the very same provisions.” he said.
He also said the commission is working on hybrid working arrangements in various government department including Education, Social Security, Home Affairs and Police found various limitations.
Gxoyiya says while onboarding the latest tools and technology for remote working will be important, not all public servants are eligible to work from home.
VIDEO | The Public Service Commission says the problem of the late payment of invoices by government departments is widespread and sometimes leads to severe consequences for small businesses.https://t.co/HCKJZATOvZ pic.twitter.com/jzTH9Wdxoz
— SABC News (@SABCNews) March 11, 2024
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