Mbabane- The era of slow decision-making, routine administration and complacency in the public service is over.This was the declaration by Minister for Public Service Mabulala Maseko as he unveiled an ambitious plan to overhaul the Eswatini Institute of Management and Public Administration (EIMPA), positioning it at the centre of government’s drive to build a faster, more efficient and accountable public service.
Speaking during the official presentation of Gcinaphi Simelane-Dlamini as the institute’s new Principal on Thursday, Maseko said the reforms were in direct response to His Majesty King Mswati III’s “Nkwe!” call, which demands urgency, efficiency and measurable results from Government institutions.
“The era of routine administration, bureaucratic delay and complacency is over,” the minister declared. “His Majesty’s vision requires a public service that is agile, highly skilled, digitally fluent and deeply committed to national development.”
He said EIMPA would play a central role in producing the calibre of public servants needed to implement Government policies and improve service delivery.
To achieve this, the minister handed the new Principal a three-pronged mandate, with the immediate priority being the transformation of EIMPA into a fully accredited National School of Governance.
Under the reforms, every training programme offered by the institute is expected to receive accreditation from the Eswatini Higher Education Council (ESHEC), while the institution will also be repositioned as a centre for governance, leadership development and public sector research.
Simelane-Dlamini was further tasked with driving a mindset change across the civil service by promoting ethical leadership, accountability and a performance-driven culture focused on serving citizens.
Maseko said her appointment was strategic rather than ceremonial, describing her as the individual who had already conceptualised the blueprint for EIMPA’s transformation.
Having spent 17 years in the Ministry of Public Service’s Human Resources Development Department, where she worked closely with the institute, Simelane-Dlamini possesses the institutional knowledge and experience required to lead the reforms, he said.
“She is not arriving to maintain the status quo,” the minister said. “She has been appointed because she is the strategic architect who conceptualized the transformation model we unveil today,” he noted.
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