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Public Administration Management Act (Act No. 11 of 2014)

Chapter 2 : Basic Values and Principles

4. Basic values and principles governing public administration

 

Each institution must—

(a) promote and maintain a high standard of professional ethics;
(b) promote efficient, economic and effective use of resources;
(c) be development oriented;
(d) provide such services impartially, fairly, equitably and without bias;
(e) respond to people’s needs and encourage public participation in policy-making;
(f) be accountable to the public;
(g) foster transparency by providing the public with timely, accessible and accurate information;
(h) ensure good human resource management and career development practices to maximise human potential; and
(i) ensure broad representation of the South African people, with employment and personnel management practices based on ability, objectivity, fairness, and the need to redress the imbalances of the past to achieve broad representation.