Die invloed van politieke onsekerheid op staatsamptenare [The effect of the political uncertainty on public servants].

Abstract

Since the early eighties, the Republic o f South Africa has experienced a series o f sweeping administrative, and political changes that have left virtually no government structure unchanged. These changes directly affect the daily activities of every individual official in one way or another. In this regard a survey was carried out among members of the Public Servants Association o f South Africa to obtain data on the effect o f these changes on their values, expectations, and views on the future. It emerges from the survey that public servants are extremely uncertain about the future, and that as far as their future careers are concerned, they lost trust faith in political office-bearers and the Commission for Administration.