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News24 reports that Acting Public Service and Administration Minister Thulas Nxesi announced on Tuesday that Presidency director-general (DG) Phindile Baleni would be designated head of public administration.
“To stabilise the political-administrative interface challenges experienced, Cabinet has resolved that the director-general in the Presidency will be designated as head of public administration (HOPA). In the provinces, this function will be designated to the directors-general in the office of the premier. The HOPA will assist the president and premiers in the management of career incidents of heads of departments and serve as a mediation mechanism in order to stabilise the political-administration interface,” Nxesi indicated. He explained that the move was part of overall efforts to improve the retention of HoDs and create stability at the HOD level. He dismissed the assertion that the government was creating a super director-general with the Baleni designation. Department of Public Service and Administration director-general Yoliswa Makhasi commented: “There is nothing stopping the president from delegating the responsibilities to the DG in the Presidency. It's the work that the DG is doing in any case. If a DG has a challenge in terms of the relationship with the minister, or the minister has a challenge, the first person they are likely to talk to is the DG in the Presidency."
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