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26% of public servants employed in senior management do not have the proper qualifications for the positions they occupy 👨‍🎓 Read how The Public Service Commission will tackle this:

on Thursday, Fikeni explained that many of these senior officials were older and have climbed up the career ladder.

“Others it’s merely decentralisation of recruitment which we have picked up have many challenges. Some of these are brought as grievance to the PSC itself and we realised that people do not always observe the requirements, therefore, there are many weaknesses in the system which has allowed for people to try and override the requisite experience and qualifications that is needed,” Fikeni continued.

“It is for that reason that we have approached the department to give us a breakdown and an action plan as to how the country is going to deal with this. It is important for the National School of Government in terms of training and is equally important for the professionalisation of public service,” the PSC chair said.

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