The Sunday Times reports that Department of Public Service & Administration (DPSA) Minister Ayanda could be headed for a top job at the World Bank in Washington DC.

According to senior government officials, Dlodlo is expected to take up her duties as an executive director representing one of the three African seats on the 25 member World Bank board as early as next month. Dlodlo was initially expected to leave in January, but the move was delayed. It is believed that she is waiting for President Cyril Ramaphosa to make the announcement. Her departure will give Ramaphosa the opportunity to make changes to his executive and to fill the vacancy created by the death in September of Hlengiwe Mkhize, who had been deputy minister for women. Insiders said Dlodlo’s move was held up by meetings her department has planned for March and early April. These include a national indaba on “the future of work and public service” scheduled for today and Tuesday, which is said to be aimed at re-establishing trust between the executive and civil servants “because relations have been fractious”. Dlodlo is also expected to convene a lifestyle audit indaba on Thursday and Friday, with the slogan “Building an ethical public service through lifestyle audits”. An insider said she won’t go until after the summit in April involving ministers of the DPSA, the National Treasury and the government labour lead at the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kgothatso Madisa on page 4 of The Sunday Times of 13 March 2022

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