Covid-19 has exposed, among a host of other things, the glaring gaps that appear when the wrong people have been put in the job
Now, as South Africa deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, we see how previous recruitment practices have seeded the glaring weaknesses in government’s implementation of relief measures. It is time to seriously reconsider state recruitment as a source of reform for capacity and implementation.
The announcement of these relief packages brought hope for many people. There was a sense that, although the government is imperfect, the president’s resolute stance on fighting the pandemic would somehow ensure assistance for those in need. But the spectre of the government’s weak capacity cannot be escaped during a pandemic. This was apparent at the end of May,had received the R350 top-up after approximately two months of national lockdown.
The Public Affairs Research Institute has identified that one way to strengthen government’s capacity is throughof the appointment and removal processes in the public administration. The recommendation is for the development of a generic appointment process throughout the public administration, to ensure that the most skilled, experienced and objective people are recruited into government.
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