Pretoria – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi will on Friday host the 3rd annual National Batho Pele Excellence Awards (NBPEA).
Minister Muthambi is the acting Minister of Public Service and Administration during Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi’s absence due to bereavement in the family.
The theme for the 2015 awards is “Batho Pele: Putting People First”, which affirms government’s position of putting citizens at the forefront of service delivery improvement initiatives.
Minister Muthambi will preside over the Batho Pele Excellence Awards, which are part of efforts by the Ministry for the Public Service and Administration to build a strong and capable State.
The awards recognise public servants who are selfless, dedicated, committed and who go the extra mile in serving citizens.
“[Open] to public servants across the three spheres of government, the awards seek to entrench the transformation and professionalisation of the public service.
“They reward excellent service delivery and recognise the contribution by public servants across government in their service delivery improvement initiatives,” the department said.
The Public Service and Administration Minister launched the NBPEA in November 2013 as a tool to improve the performance of public servants.
The awards are also aimed at promoting the sharing of best practices, learning, rewarding good performance and gauging citizen satisfaction towards government performance. – SAnews.gov.za
