{"id":4326,"date":"2024-06-21T16:07:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2024-06-21T21:10:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:10:34","slug":"khaedu-deployee-team-wraps-up-their-visits-with-recommendations-to-revolutionize-service-delivery-in-limpopo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/2024\/06\/21\/khaedu-deployee-team-wraps-up-their-visits-with-recommendations-to-revolutionize-service-delivery-in-limpopo\/","title":{"rendered":"Khaedu Deployment Team Wraps Up Limpopo Visits with Recommendations to improve Service Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; min-height: 24px;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">The team of senior managers deployed to frontline service centers in Limpopo has wrapped up their week-long visit with findings and recommendations to improve service delivery in the province.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; min-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">Senior managers from both the Limpopo Office of the Premier and the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) visited frontline service sites such as the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and Home Affairs offices in Capricorn, Mopani, Sekhukhune, Waterberg and Vhembe districts. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">Their goal was to help unblock day-to-day service delivery challenges faced by citizens.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; min-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">&#8220;The deployment was not malicious compliance,&#8221; said Mr Mphahlele Monyela from Limpopo&#8217;s Premier Office, who was part of the team that visited the SASSA and Home Affairs offices in Makwarela outside Thohoyandou in the Vhembe district. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">The team interacted with management, staff and citizens during their visits.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; min-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">As next steps, the final deployment team report will be submitted to the Office of the Premier on June 25, 2024. Management of the Department of Home Affairs and SASSA in Vhembe will then develop and submit improvement plans to the Office of the Premier by July 15, 2024. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">A closure report will be submitted to the Director-General in the Office of the Premier on July 31, 2024, followed by a signed-off report to the DPSA.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; min-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">&#8220;This process will be followed by the presentation of reports or improvement plans to decision-making structures of both the DPSA and the Office of the Premier,&#8221; Mr Monyela said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; min-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">Another team led by Mr Andrew Ngwandula from the DPSA visited several frontline service centers, including the local Home Affairs Office in Lephalale. &#8220;We have identified areas of good practice, and where we found challenges, we have resolved to engage various stakeholders to unblock those challenges. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">For the next three years, each team deployed to the various districts will be focusing on resolving the challenges they have identified during their visits to improve service delivery,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; min-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">Ms Mamello Mahomed from the DPSA, who led a team at the border town of Musina, said: &#8220;We have witnessed the rendering of high-quality service delivery at the local Home Affairs office, but the few challenges that we&#8217;ve identified, such as lack of waiting area with shelter, we will continue to work closely with the management until the challenge is resolved. We want citizens to be treated with dignity at all our frontline services.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; min-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\">The Khaedu project, a government initiative aimed at ensuring that residents consistently receive high-quality services at frontline service delivery sites, was the driving force behind the senior manager deployments to Limpopo.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody',serif;\"> Khaedu is a Tshivenda word meaning &#8220;challenge.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team of senior managers deployed to frontline service centers in Limpopo has wrapped up their week-long visit with findings and recommendations to improve service delivery in the province. \u00c2\u00a0 Senior managers from both the Limpopo Office of the Premier and the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) visited frontline service sites such as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-service-delivery-improvement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4326"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4330,"href":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions\/4330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dpsa.gov.za\/thepublicservant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}