FOREWORD
Photo by Paul Botes
Life would ground to a halt without the tireless work of ethical, hardworking and diligent public servants. Our civil workforce engages in the real business of rendering services to the public which includes frontline services and being the backbone of every policy-driven vision in this country.
Being a public servant is a thankless job. Every day there are thousands if not millions of workers who go the extra mile to help every day South Africans access the most basic of services.
The #WhyWeServeSA supplement informs the public about the work public servants do and why they have chosen public service careers, as well as the many ways government services make life better for all of us. Government workers are doing important work that positively impacts South Africa.
They are the engineers who made ancient Eskom power plants chug along, despite the rusted bolts and regular tech failures. They are the accountants who kept doing the books to show how much was being stolen. They are the energy planners who fought for renewable energy despite the corrupt coal lobby. They are the tens of thousands who kept working on behalf of us.
Let us salute them.
– Sipho Kings, acting editor-in-chief