{"id":211099,"date":"2021-12-10T10:32:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T08:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/psc-welcomes-developments-around-lifestyle-audits\/"},"modified":"2021-12-10T10:32:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T08:32:47","slug":"psc-welcomes-developments-around-lifestyle-audits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/psc-welcomes-developments-around-lifestyle-audits\/","title":{"rendered":"PSC welcomes developments around lifestyle audits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202112\/psc1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The Public Service Commission (PSC) has welcomed the Department of Public Service and Administration\u2019s efforts in leading, coordinating and developing guidelines on lifestyle audits in the Public Service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cTo this end, the PSC as part of its oversight role will work with the DPSA [Department of Public Service and Administration] as a lead department in this area of work with the view to monitor and evaluate the implementation across the entire public service,\u201d the PSC said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The PSC said it recognises the importance of conducting&nbsp;lifestyle audits&nbsp;towards the realisation of a capable, ethical and developmental state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThe auditing of lifestyles of public servants is certainly an important tool in the fight against corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week the PSC announced that the DPSA&nbsp; has &nbsp;approved a guide on implementing lifestyle audits in the Public Service which would commence in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In Thursday\u2019s statement it added that in the execution of its functions, the PSC is guided by its Constitutional mandate which is to promote a high standard of professional ethics in the public service and to investigate, monitor and evaluate the organisation and administration, and personnel practices of the public service.<\/p>\n<p>The PSC is also required to ensure effective and efficient public administration.<\/p>\n<p> Having made inputs into the conceptualisation of this important milestone, the PSC eagerly awaits further communication from the department regarding this project,\u201d it said. \u2013<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Service Commission (PSC) has welcomed the Department of Public Service and Administration\u2019s efforts in leading, coordinating and developing guidelines on lifestyle audits in the Public Service. &nbsp;\u201cTo this end, the PSC as part of its oversight role will work with the DPSA [Department of Public Service and Administration] as a lead department in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":211100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-211099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/psc-welcomes-developments-around-lifestyle-audits.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}