President Jacob Zuma wants to speed up the way government works.

Zuma told a business breakfast meeting on Tuesday that he had tried to change a number of things since being elected President but government’s slowness still bothered him.

“Government is very slow in doing things,” he said.

“If there is a form to be signed, they will do it tomorrow. If I could change that, I would be very happy.”   

He had made a number of changes since being elected, including introducing the department of performance monitoring and evaluation  to make government work better.

Among other things, government was tackling the problem of failing to its pay suppliers on time.

This was having a negative effect on small businesses, he said.

“We have sent an unambiguous message to the director generals of  government departments to take personal responsibility for this anomaly as accounting officers.

“We expect regular reports on payments made to suppliers,” he said.

Zuma said government was doing everything necessary to make it easy to invest in South Africa.

“We are a very attractive investment destination.”   

Government could never be the principal provider of jobs. Its role was to create an enabling environment through progressive policies and progress, he said.

Africa would remain South Africa’s primary focus area as it built an economy connected to the rest of world, Zuma said.

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Nov 1, 2011

MORNACHIES

If that is the case he will need to kick out 99% of his cabinet and within
40 minutes he kick himself out !!!!!!
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Nov 1, 2011

GoatSperm

Blah..... Blah........ Blah...... Fcuken president sounds like a b!tch in labour..

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Nov 1, 2011

WhiteMamba

Africa time will NEVER be change. Mr Prez live with it. If it is not today then it is tomorrow, and if not tomorrow next week, next month next year!!!!!!!
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Nov 1, 2011

Socrates

Eish, the problem is that our president is good in promising and keeping none of those and he should have criticised himself and eventually kick himself out for slow response (while he is applying his mind) and indecision
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Nov 1, 2011

tsayaya

Isn't it ironic that he is the one who takes three months to read a ten page document?
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Nov 1, 2011

sabza007

Alright Mr.President.Government departments must pay us (Contractors, Consultants and Suppliers) on time as well. Department of Health and Department of Education are the worst departments.They initiate projects, but take more than 6 months and more to pay.
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Nov 1, 2011

MRPRESIDENT11

You are late to be fast, unless you fly with the speed of light or Juju’s speed.
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Nov 1, 2011

Spanasi

Why then did you waste sssooo much time before firing Shiceka and Gwen? What changes did you make sir? More billions going missing, yes i agree with you on this one. The bloody Ministry of Non-performace and Mis-evaluation is non-funtional. Period. The thing is sir you are a habitual liar and this will never change. Don't ever think that some of us are not aware where you leading to with this Arms Deal and Cele Commissions in of what-ever. Your terms of reference in the Arms deal comm doen't say anything about prosecuting those implicated by the Commission, you just want to get this duck off your back.
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Nov 1, 2011

Lungu

Mr Prezz can u please stop lying and create a healthy working environment for government and please we need modified technologies not the coal trains we are using, and hire people to work for the government as one person is perform the duties of ten people that is why the services are getting slower and slower and hire quilified people not political post we see all the time in our government we need skilled and compitant employees not ppl like yourself.
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Nov 1, 2011

RobinH

Oh my, previous comment removed.. Hmm. Well, let's try again. A watered down guffaw for the man who complains about tardy responses in the state while being utterly incapable of making any decision without first applying his mind for several weeks and then still needing a prod from Mac Maharaj and lengthy consultation with some or other consultant appointed at huge expense before making the call.
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