SA’s brain drain

2010 marked a huge exodus of highly skilled civil servants in the country who left government for the private sector, former GCIS CEO Themba Maseko yesterday told the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.

Maseko, who spent 17 years in the civil service, said SA “lost some of the best brains who could have addressed problems of lack of service delivery to communities.”

“Many directors general left government – signalling a huge brain drain in public service.

“Some left because their political bosses wanted to work with other people. Some left because they refused to be part of illegal and corrupt practices,” said Maseko.