Times Of Swaziland: UNSKILLED CIVIL SERVICE RECIPE FOR FAILURE

UNSKILLED CIVIL SERVICE RECIPE FOR FAILURE
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Editor on 23/02/2024 08:29:00


Sir,
Bad governance is definitely a liability to any nation. In order to survive and
make it in the modern world, a nation requires the capacity and ability to
determine its economic, political and social priorities to cultivate and develop
sound policies as well as to translate policies into strategies and strategies
into action. The civil service must be run with competence, integrity and
excellence.
A disorganised and unskilled civil service is a recipe for failure. Therefore,
leaders must not allow the civil service to be incapacitated by favouritism,
indiscipline, corruption, the disregard of merit or experience and low pay.
Development
Eswatini culture is endowed with many good elements like strong family ties,
generosity and a wonderful community spirit. However, there are aspects of our
culture that are serious hindrances to development and progress; for example our
lack of respect for time. It is imperative that we wake up to the importance of
managing time.
Attitude
We must spend time and money on key things that matter in the context of
economic and social development. We must stop embracing the spirit and attitude
of disorganisation. One of our great weaknesses is that we are very disorganised
and we tolerate this. If we are to conquer poverty and underdevelopment, we must
intentionally get organised in our dealings.
In order for us to navigate around the unfair global economic system perpetuated
by former colonial masters, we need to develop an education system that will
empower our young people not only in the academic realm but also in the area of
creativity and innovation.
Develop
In this way, not only are we going to minimise the importation of certain goods,
we will also be able to develop indigenous industries. As a people we must
believe that it is possible to make our societies and nation better. We must
embrace maturity, rise above our differences and build our nation. Unity is a
powerful force; together we can do more.
We must bring together our strengths for the common purposes of making our
nation better economically, socially and politically and this will require
humility and maturity. A humble person is usually sensitive to the needs and
feelings of others.