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[TOP STORY] A call for reform: The push to fix SA’s public service

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‘Putting in systems to monitor performance and all those types of things and improving productivity in the public service are some of the issues that I think are quite critical,’ says Yoliswa Makhasi, head of the public service reform programme at the New South Institute.

6 Mar 2025 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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