An official Savingram signed by the country’s top civil service administrator, along with revelations from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), have blown the lid off what appears to be a deliberate government attempt to cover up a nationwide freeze on civil service jobs.
While the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) publicly denied any hiring freeze last week, documentary evidence, including a directive bearing the DPSM Director General, Gaone Macholo’s own signature tells a different story.
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