By Wendy Jasson da Costa
Public servants who fail to bring value to the public service must "bow out", according to Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi.
While answering questions in the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday, she said: "Some of them are quite indifferent. I do believe there are people who have an attitude... who are just there to draw a salary and don't have any real contribution to make."
She noted that there were two types of severance packages for government workers: the voluntary severance package as well as the employee-initiated severance package.
"We do not want to see ourselves carrying dead wood in the public service," she said.
Government is the largest employer in the country with over one million workers.
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She said while attending an imbizo of public servants in Gauteng this week, it was clear that there were those who were interested in capacitating themselves and those who were just interested in getting better salaries.
- This article was originally published on page 1 of Pretoria News on November 01, 2006
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