Public Protector launches Good Governance
Week
Tuesday 12 October 2010
Public Protector Adv Thuli Madonsela has appealed to the
public to make use of the services of her office by
reporting poor service and conduct by organs of state as
well as suspected corrupt activities and other forms of
maladministration in state affairs.
Launching the Good Governance Week in Mamelodi outside
Pretoria on Monday, 11 October 2010, the Public Protector
assured the public that they can trust her office with
confidential information about corrupt activities.
She also urged organs of state to respond expeditiously when
questions relating to investigations by her office are being
asked, indicating that without cooperation by organs of the
state, her office would not be able to fulfill its
constitutional mandate and commitments. These included
delivering prompt remedial action and continuing to
vigorously promote good governance and integrity.
However, she indicated that her office was in the process of
finalising rules that would ensure that there is cooperation
and compliance by state organs. These rules would inform
measures such as subpoenas, search and seizures and contempt
orders.
The Public Protector told community members that her office
had managed to speedily unblock a lot of government service
delivery bottlenecks including social grants such as
pensions, child and disability grants; government employees
pension payouts, workers compensation, IDs, municipal
service failures and unpaid contract fees for small
businesses doing business with the state. Some of the
investigations on maladministration relating to service
failure had helped uncover corrupt activities.
She said the Good Governance Week was an opportunity for the
public to know more about the service of her office in
pursuance of the Public Protector’s constitutional mandate
to be accessible to and trusted by all persons and
communities.
Issued by Public Protector South Africa. For more
information contact:
Oupa Segalwe
Manager: Outreach, Education and Communications
Public Protector South Africa
072 2643 273
012 366 7035
Email:
oupas@pprotect.org
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