Chapter 10: Public Administration
CHAPTER 10
public AdminiStRAtion
Basic values and principles governing public administration
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Public administration must be governed by the democratic values and principles
enshrined in the Constitution, including the following principles:
(a) A high standard of professional ethics must be promoted and maintained.
(b) Efficient, economic and effective use of resources must be promoted.
(c) Public administration must be development-oriented.
(d) � Services must be provided impartially, fairly, equitably and without bias.
(e) People’s needs must be responded to, and the public must be encouraged to
participate in policy-making.
(f) � Public administration must be accountable.
(g) � Transparency must be fostered by providing the public with timely, accessible
and accurate information.
(h) Good human-resource management and career-development practices, to
maximise human potential, must be cultivated.
(i) � Public administration must be broadly representative of the South African
people, with employment and personnel management practices based on
ability, objectivity, fairness, and the need to redress the imbalances of the past
to achieve broad representation.
The above principles apply to—
(a) � administration in every sphere of government;
(b) organs of state; and
(c) public enterprises.
National legislation must ensure the promotion of the values and principles listed in
subsection (1).
The appointment in public administration of a number of persons on policy
considerations is not precluded, but national legislation must regulate these
appointments in the public service.
Legislation regulating public administration may differentiate between different
sectors, administrations or institutions.
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