By Simtembile Mgidi Recognised as one of SA’s best public servants, Nelson Mandela Bay Warrant Officer Bongani Siyona attributed his award to his father, from whom he said he had inherited his giving nature. Siyona received the accolade at the annual Integrity Icon Awards run by the Accountability Lab SA in Johannesburg on November 4. Read original article on HeraldLIVE [...]
By Mark Heywood Maverick Citizen has been a firm promoter of the Integrity Icons campaign. We have done so because without a committed and effective public service we cannot achieve social justice, and because in our day-to-day reporting we frequently come across public servants who work tirelessly and make great sacrifices in the public interest. On Friday evening last week, Accountability Lab South Africa announced the five winners of its 2022 Integrity Icon awards. This was the fifth year of [...]
By Zukiswa Pikoli The Integrity Icons awards present an alternative to the perception that public servants are corrupt and lazy, and showcase that there are some who ‘go the extra mile’ The Accountability Lab has been running the Integrity Icons awards since 2018. The awards showcase the excellent work done by many men and women in the public service, something that Accountability Lab’s country director for SA, Sekoetlane Phamodi, says often goes unnoticed. Sekoetlane Phamodi, country director o [...]