BRIAN KANTOR: The rose garden of good government seems far away
We were never promised — nor should we realistically have expected — a public sector that performs as well as it seems to do in, say, Scandinavia. But what we have in SA is widely recognised as an almost complete failure. The government offers little defence of its current practice, just endless promises of reform. But why does the SA public sector perform quite so badly?
One feature of the public sector in SA deserves attention. The financial rewards it offers its officials — salaries, medical and pension benefits and secure tenure — are extremely attractive compared to the private sector, leaving little incentive for movement from public to private employment...
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