Cooling Off Period For Civil Servants On The Horizon
This has been a loooooooong time coming.
Cooling-off period looms for civil servants
After years of policy uncertainty, the Public Service Commission wants to prevent companies that do business with the government from hiring senior public servants, as a way to curb the ethical headache of conflict of interest.
Another concern is company shareholdings as a civil servant might not be an employee but they might be a part owner. However we are seeing some positive signs in this area, witness the looming court battle between current national lottery operating company Uthingo and new licensee Gidani, who just happen to have Minister of Education Naledi Pandor as a shareholder.