2 April 2009
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sibusiso Ndebele will on Tuesday, 7 April 2009, reveal
who the province's top public servants are. Premier Ndebele will deliver the
keynote address and present awards to the provinceâs best public servants at
the 2009 Premier's Service Excellence Awards ceremony to be held as
follows:
Date: 7 April 2009 (Tuesday)
Time: 17h30
Venue: Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (Icc), Durban
On 15 November 2005, Premier Ndebele launched the first KwaZulu-Natal
Provincial Citizens' Charter. This was to give effect to the revival of good
governance and the transformation of the public service, as encapsulated in the
White Paper on the public service transformation of 15 November 1995, which
intended to give the citizens of the province more say in the way public
services are delivered and to create an environment characterised by a culture
of service excellence.
The Citizen's Charter has provided a platform to the different provincial
and local government departments to outline their service delivery improvement
plans wherein it is essential to implement the principles of Batho Pele within
the operations that are undertaken by the relevant department. In accordance
with the principles and ideals contained in the Citizen's Charter, the annual
Premier's Service Excellence Award is hosted.
The award marks the recognition of public service teams who have displayed
commitment and zeal in the execution of their duties. It also pays tribute to
those public servants who continuously strive to improve the lives of our
citizens day and night, far from the gaze of the spotlight.
The service excellence awards is also an ongoing exercise of sharing with
the citizens of KwaZulu-Natal and government employees that excellence in
service delivery is central to everything that government expects from all
public servants. This event, therefore, serves to bring into the open the
sometimes lonely and unrecognised efforts of those public servants who have
gone beyond the call of duty and are doing their work diligently, efficiently
and effectively, without prodding.
The awards ceremony also serves as a day for reflection on what service
excellence is all about and what the province of KwaZulu-Natal is doing to
encourage and monitor a culture of continuous improvement of service delivery
and greater accountability to public sector customers and stakeholders. Last
year's (2008) winner of the Premier's Service Excellence Award was the
KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport Road Traffic Inspectorate,
Pietermaritzburg Region).
Winners from previous years included the KwaZulu-Natal Department of
Transport
Road Traffic Inspectorate, Durban Region, Grey's Hospital, ML Sultan Primary
School, Murchison District Hospital and Addington Hospital. All media are
invited to attend.
RSVPs no later than 10h00 on Monday, 6 April 2009:
Nothando Sibiya
Tel: 033 341 3342
E-mail: sibiyanz@premier.kzntl.gov.za.
Enquiries: Logan Maistry
Cell: 083 6444 050
E-mail: maistryl@premier.kzntl.gov.za
Issued by: Office of the Premier, KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government
2 April 2009
Source: Sapa
