By Alicia Mmashakana
In a bid to beef up the public service, the government has launched Ethics Week as part of the Integrated Public Service Month, which focuses on ensuring responsive and people-centered governance.
Public Service and Administration Minister Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi said on Monday that ethics officers were essential in promoting good governance, battling corruption and supporting the government’s professionalisation agenda.
Buthelezi, who was speaking at the Ethics Week launch, said the programme intended to promote the government’s essential values of honesty, justice and transparency.
“The truth colleagues is that our public service is at a critical juncture. We are faced with numerous challenges that require our immediate attention.
“If we do not address these issues with the seriousness they deserve, we risk not only undermining public trust but also damaging the integrity of our institutions permanently,” he said.
The programme would include an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
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