Richard Levin

Minister outlines state medical plan

Governments plans to place all its employees on a single medical scheme would increase the states control over the medical benefits it provided to public servants, save money, and help relieve the burden on public hospitals and clinics, Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi said yesterday.

Aids eroding public service

The Aids pandemic is threatening to overwhelm South Africa's civil service, but government departments are not implementing measures to tackle the problem, says the Public Service Commission (PSC). Presenting its State of the Public Service report to the media in parliament on Tuesday, the PSC said Aids was eroding the public service workforce. Touching on corruption within government, PSC deputy director-general on good governance, Professor Richard Levin, said a national hotline would be put in place after the elections in April.