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iNhouse NEWS Directorate of Public Service Management Internal Newsletter
Botswana Public Service College Inaugurates a Mediator By Goitseone Oaitse
As there is a Tswana proverb that goes,
“Ntwakgolo ke ya molomo’’ the Botswana
Public Service College (BPSC) saw it fit to
drive this notion and institutionalise a
mediator in the ‘’kgotla’’ for facilitation in
conflict resolution on social issues at the
College to build a stronger team ; that has a
common understanding about principles
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IN THIS ISSUE
Botswana at the UN Public Service Forum DPSM Restructures JICA brings more volun-teers Community Service Day Staff Movements
and values that govern the staff.
BPSC inaugurated Mr Ditshoto
Mangadi from Ratholo village as
their mediator. Mr Mangadi
joined the College as a Driver
some years ago.
His inauguration as a mediator
took place on the 12th of June
and was held in the BPSC Kgotla
which is modelled around the tra-
ditional Kgotla set up complete
with mud house, (rantafole) deco-
rated with traditional accessories
like woven baskets.
Giving the keynote address Bat-
lokwa Kgosi, Puso Gaborone ap-
plauded the College in this work,
citing that, this was an indication
that Setswana culture was still
relevant in today’s times and that
is was important to preserve it in
this manner.
Speaking about the work of the
mediator, Kgosi Gaborone high-
lighted that some disputes at the
work place could be solved at a
social level without being passed
to senior management for action.
He noted that being a mediator
is a challenging task because
one encounters people from dif-
ferent backgrounds, culture, in-
terests and attitudes hence the
necessity of wisdom in settling
disputes.
He pleaded with the staff to give
the mediator support and respect
to enable him to perform his du-
ties satisfactorily. He maintained
that conflict tends to throw a
team off of its focus, taking teams
off track in achieving their goals
and objectives.
Mediator Ditshoto Mangadi (sitting) and Kgosi Puso Gaborone ( far right) at the inauguration
ceremony at the College Kgotla.
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Inauguration of Mediator (from page 1)
The mediator was handed a chair, a walking stick and a hat to
use when mediating. This event was spiced up by choir songs
traditional dance and poems.For her part DPSM’S Director Ms
Ruth Maphorisa stressed that one of the 2016 vision pillar is to
have a united and proud nation and that this event had shown
that BPSC had embraced it.
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She said that BPSC as training institution has provided a founda-
tion for the eradication of social problems in the workplace and
hastening service delivery. The Director cited team work, good
communication lines and a desire for stability as agents of a strong
achieving culture.
DPSM Community Service Day
By Goitseone Oaitse
Available courses offered by the
Centre, include textile, horticul-
ture, leather works as well as
bee keeping, poultry and non-
formal education.
Thoti Traditional Troupe embracing the Mediator inauguration at the College
The Directorate of Public Ser-
vice Management donated gar-
den tools including rakes,
spades, digging forks and other
goods amounting to P3530.05 to
Thuto Boswa Rehabiltation Cen-
ter in Ramotswa, during the
community service day held on
the 26th of June 2015. Thuto
Boswa is a centre for people liv-
ing with disability. It offers a cre-
ative, stimulating learning and
development environment for
people living with various disa-
bilities over the age of 16 years.
DID YOU KNOW?
Guidelines to appointing authorities regarding authority to engage in private
business are out.
Simply log on to the DPSM Policy database and get them.
http://dpsm.gov.bw/policy
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Community Service News
DPSM staff donating tools toThuto Boswa during Community Service Day
“Blessed Is The Hand That Giveth’’ by Goitseone Oaitse
Botswana Public Service
College (BPSC) staff is not
one to turn a blind eye to
those innocent souls and
less fortunate kids. As such
in June of this year, the Col-
lege was at the Tlokweng
SOS’s Children’s Village to
warm the hearts of its
“small” inhabitants not just
with blankets, but shoes,
toys and other hampers to
make the lives of the SOS
children a little bit easier.
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Senior Manager, Corporate Service (BPSC) Ms. Itseng Mompati (on the right)
handing over gifts to the SOSVillage Director Ms. Fulele
When receiving the donation,
the SOS village Director Ms
Fulele stated that the village cur-
rently has 163 children of differ-
ent ages and decried shortage of
beds for the children. She how-
ever, thanked the staff for the
support and the care they have
shown to the children.
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Are You Aware of Bladder Cancer?
July is Bladder Cancer
Awareness Month
Tobacco smoking not only caus-
es lung cancer as many people
know, but also leads to other
cancerous related illness like
cancer of the bladder.
According to a health study to-
bacco smoking is the main
known contributor to urinary
bladder cancer.In most popula-
tions, smoking is associated with
over half of bladder cancer cases
in men and one-third of cases
among women.[5] Thirty per cent
of bladder tumors probably result
from occupational exposure in
the workplace to carcinogens
such as benzidine and naphthyl-
amine which are found in
cirgarette smoke.
Occupations at risk are bus driv-
ers, rubber workers, motor me-
chanics, leather shoe workers
and hair dressers. Hair dressers
are thought to be at risk because
of their frequent exposure to per-
manent hair dyes.]
SYMPTOMS
Blood in the urine
In most cases, blood in the
urine (called hematuria) is the
first warning sign of bladder
cancer. Sometimes, there is
enough blood to change the
color of the urine. Depending
on the amount of blood, the
urine may be orange, pink, or,
less often, darker red. Blood
may be present one day and
absent the next, with the urine
remaining clear for weeks or
months. If a person has blad-
der cancer, blood eventually
reappears.
Blood in the urine does not
always mean you have blad-
der cancer. More often it is
caused by other things like an
infection, benign (non-
cancerous) tumors, stones in
the kidney or bladder, or other
benign kidney diseases. But it
is important to have it checked
by a doctor so the cause can
be found.
Source: www.cancer.org
PREVENTION
A 2008 study commissioned by the World Health Organisation
concluded that "specific fruit and vegetables may act to reduce
the risk of bladder cancer." Fruit and yellow-orange vegetables,
particularly carrots and those contain-
ing selenium,[11] are probably associ-
ated with a moderately reduced risk of
bladder cancer. Citrus fruits and cru-
ciferous vegetables were also identi-
fied as having a possibly protective
effect.
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A marigold/ blue/ purple ribbon
symbolizes bladder cancer aware-
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Public Service Day
by Goitseone Oaitse
component for service delivery in the Public Service. These
sentiments were echoed by one of the key speakers during
Public Service Day, Chief Director at the Centre for Public
Innovation from South Africa, Ms. Lydia Phalwane. Ms. Phal-
wane whose organisation was established to entrench and
drive the culture and practice of innovation in the public sec-
tor said, good service delivery was critical for the realisation
of national aspirations.
The Minister also highlighted some of the innovations that
have been embraced innovation to service delivery such as
the issuance of the e-passport and computer registration of
birth and death certificates which provides for real time regis-
tration.
For his part ,Permanent Secretary to the President Mr Carter
Morupisi added that enhanced customer service delivery is
one of Government’s top 10 priority areas for the year
2015/2016. “We must therefore be aligned in terms of what
this means and how we should apply it in our different work
areas,” he said.
The DPSM Choir was amongst those battling it out at the Rainbow School Hall for
the top position for the 2015 Public Service Choir Competitions
The University of Botswana sta-
dium was parked to capacity as
Batswana including Public Serv-
ants thronged in to celebrate
‘Public Service Day' which this
year was held on the 9th and
10th of July.
The fourth commemorations of
the Public Service Day was held
under the theme, “Innovating
the Public Service Delivery to
Implement the post 2016 De-
velopment Agenda.’’
“We found it fit to adapt the
theme by linking it to Vision
2016 as we are close to mark-
ing the end of our twenty year
national vision, Vision 2016.
Vision 2016 was embraced as
part of our development agen-
da, ” said the Minister for
Presidential Affairs and Public
Administration Honourable
Eric Mothibi Molale when giv-
ing a keynote address at the
Stadium. Mr Molale highlighted
that innovation as one of the
Vision pillars is a critical
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Lydia Phalwane - Centre for Public Service Innovation (RSA) flanked by the
2015 Public Service King and Queen Lorato Force ,- Ms Public Service 2015
(right) and Percy Seema– Mr. Public Service 2015
Botswana’s Presentation at the United Nations Public Service
Forum
The Director of Public Service
Management Ms. Ruth Maph-
orisa says the Government of
Botswana has created a firm
foundation that will see the coun-
try move forward in improving
service delivery by the Botswana
Public Service. Speaking at the
United Nations Public Service
Forum Expert Group Meeting, in
Medellin Colombia, Ms. Maph-
orisa highlighted key strategies
that the Government of Botswa-
na has adopted to promote crea-
tivity, innovations and transfor-
mation in the Public Service. She
shared that Botswana has adopt-
ed a ‘whole of government ap-
proach’ to bring together depart-
ments across different sectors to
analyse emerging issues and
how to tackle them. “One of the
key areas in which we have an
advantage is, strong political will
at leadership level. This pro-
motes a vision of continuous
learning, innovation and adapta-
tion to meet the evolving needs
of society”.
She furthermore highlighted chal-
lenges faced by the Public Ser-
vice such as the technological
divide in the country, limited re-
sources in the face of competing
demands as well as high youth
unemployment. Ms. Maphorisa
however noted that there were
opportunities that would enable
Botswana to grow past the 2015
millennium development goals
such as a strong commitment to
good governance and the Public
Sector reforms that have been
adopted to modernize the Public
Sector to ensure efficient and ef-
fective service delivery to Bat-
swana.
Ms. Ruth Maphorisa (second from the right) during her presentation in Me-
dellin, Colombia at the 2015 United Nations Public Service Forum
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Restructuring DPSM
Its official and the word is out! The Directorate is embarking
on the long anticipated exercise to restructure the organisa-
ton to make it more relevant, effective and efficient to the
Public Service. If you have not seen it, below is the memo
that was sent out a few weeks ago informing DPSM staff
about the intention to kickstart the restructuring of the or-
ganization.
JICA Beefs Support for
Government ICT with Volunteers
Two more volunteers from the
Japan International Coopra-
tion Agency (JICA) landed in
Botswana early this month to
join the Information and Com-
munication Technology (ICT)
sector in Botswana. This
brings to total the number of
JICA volunteers in Botswana
to twenty two (22). The two
volunteers namely, Mr. Shoji
Otomo (Tebogo) and Mr. Sho-
go Sato (Mpho) are experi-
enced ICT professionals who
will be respectively, based in
Francistown and Jwaneng to
work in the Technical Colleg-
es there, under the Depart-
ment of Technical and Voca-
tional Training and Training in
he Ministry of Education and
Skills Development . The vol-
unteers currently are undergo-
ing orientation which includes
lessons in Setswana lan-
guage before being deployed
to their base stations on the
12th of August, 2015.
When introducing the two vol-
unteers to DPSM, JICA Vol-
unteer Coordinator in Bot-
swana Mr. Kurogi Naotoshi
said , “the ICT sector is one of
their strong areas in Japan
and they would like to in-
crease this kind of assistance
especially on technical skills”,
encouraging more Depart-
ments to liase with DPSM to
get more volunteers for help.
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JICA volunteers Mr. Shoji Otomo (Tebogo) Mr. Shogo Sato (Mpho) with JICA
Botswana Programme Officer Mothusi Tiyedze
College hosts Pitso to improve
service delivery The Botswana Public Service
College hosted its first Pitso on
the 19th of May under the
Strengthening Collaboration
for Improved Service Deliv-
ery”. The Pitso which was offi-
cially opened by the Minister of
Presidential Affairs and Public
Administration Honourable Eric
Molale focused on how the
Public Service College could
better its strategic contribution
to service delivery by Govern-
ment.
To this end, private sector rep-
resentatives as well as other
government agencies were in-
vited to share their views on
how this can be done. Issues
that were put up for discussion
at the Pitso included; expecta-
tions of the private sector on
service delivery by the Govern-
ment and how training and de-
velopment on it. Over and
above that, discussants at the
Pitso were asked to talk about
the role of the Public Service
College in delivering on gov-
ernment reforms.
Minister Molale said, “Training
of employees is necessary be-
cause public service is at the
centre of national develop-
ment. Public service provides
the spadework for delivery of
government mandate; there-
fore it should be well
equipped”, highlighting the sig-
nificant role the College has in
improving service delivery by
the Government.
From Left to Right: Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration (MoPAPA)
Hon. Eric Molale, MoPAPA Assistant Minister, Hon. Phillip Makgalamele, Director-
DPSM , Ms. Ruth Maphorisa during the Pitso at the College.
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Public Service Day in Pictures
2015 Public Service Day King and Queen ( far left) marching along-
side the 1st and 2nd Princes and Princesses during the 2015 Public
Day Service Carnival
In the heat of the 2015 Public Service Day choral competitions that
were held at the Rainbow School Hall
Traditional Dance group at the University of Botswana Stadium
during the opening ceremony of the 2015 Public Service Day
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Public Service Day in Pictures
Dancing group showing off their skill and talent at the choral and traditional
dance competitions at Rainbow Hall
2015 Public Service Day Ministry exhibitions at the Main Mall in Gaborone
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Its on!!! Cabinet vs. Accounting Offciers football match at the University of
Botswana Stadium during the 2015 Public Service Day celebrations
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iNhouse NEWS NOTICEBOARD
STAFF MOVEMENTS
Dr. Tlamelo Sekambo joined the Directorate in
June, 2015 as the Senior Assistant Director I in
the Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Unit.
Mr. Oduetse Mphahudi has been transferred
from the College to the Office of the President
under the Poverty Eradication Office.
2015 Consumer Fair
17th - 23rd August 2015
Place: Gaborone
Independence Day
30th September 2015
For any comments, questions or queries about the newsletter,
oslekgoko@gov.bw or ammoi@gov.bw
Ext: 2651 or 2601.
Dr. Tlamelo Sekambo
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July 2015
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