Online Reporter
Raymond Jaravaza, Online Reporter
TO reposition the Zimbabwean public service as a high-performing, citizen-centred and innovation-driven institution, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has begun a workshop in Bulawayo that will formulate its five year strategic plan for 2026 to 2030.
The workshop is being held under the theme: “Re-imagining Public Service Delivery in Pursuit of Vision 2030: Unlocking Value through Transformation, Innovation and Broad-based Inclusivity”
PSC chairman Dr Vincent Hungwe said the workshop that started on Monday at a local hotel is not merely procedural but a transformational gathering that will guide the institution’s operations for the next five years.
“The strategic planning workshop compels us to recalibrate our institutional architecture, systems, and culture to better respond to contemporary development challenges and opportunities.
“The Public Service Commission has a responsibility to uphold professionalism, merit, integrity, and accountability within the civil service,” said Dr Hungwe.
He said as the country transitions from the National Developmeny Strategy 1 (NDS1) to NDS2 that commences next year
must be viewed as a cornerstone of sustainable development.
“Our deliberations must therefore be informed by anticipatory intelligence, evidence-based insights, and adaptive strategies that position the public service not as a reactor to change, but as a proactive architect of resilient and future-fit governance solutions,” he said.
Dr Hungwe said PSC’s focus over the next five years will include a results-oriented
performance culture; deepening e-governance, automation of human resources systems and reinforcing ethical leadership and service ethos.
“Moreover we will entrench broad-based inclusivity, ensuring that gender equality, youth empowerment, disability inclusion, and geographic balance are not peripheral, but central to our strategic agenda,”
