Some Public Servants Spurn Transfers To Follow Spouses

Goitseone Mosalakatane
Goitseone Mosalakatane

Some public service employees seem either uninterested or have complete disinterest in opt-in for transfer to where their spouses are, The Monitor has learnt.

Newly appointed director for Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM), Goitseone Mosalakatane revealed this recently when appearing before Parliament’s Committee on Public Service and Management. She said there were a few instances where some of the spouses did not want to be transferred closer to their families or partners who have applied in response to this initiative.

In turn, this has revealed pockets of uninterested partners and disinterest on the part of spouses separated due to employment within the public sector.

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