Exorcise public service ghosts

Prudent strategists in change-management know that the first step in organisational cost-cutting involves an analysis of systemic efficiencies. Before wielding the axe down on workers and their dependants, change-management experts analyse existing systems and their efficiencies or lack thereof.

Such an approach is sorely lacking at the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) where the axe has been hanging over the 129,947 staff complement since 2012 when planned cutbacks were first announced.

Two years ago the then DPSM director, Carter Morupisi revealed that about 115 ‘ghost employees’ had been uncovered in the government payroll with two ministries accounting for the majority of these.  Ghost employees are former workers for whom a salary continues to be paid out from official employment, despite their departure for various reasons. We learnt this week that there are still ‘ghost employees’ in the public service.

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Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

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