25 Nov 2014

Southern District Council (SDC) employees have been
 advised not to allow shortage of resources to dampen their spirits.

Speaking 
during the Kanye Administration Authority’ second annual awards ceremony in 
Kanye recently, Mr Oduetse Mphahudi called the employees to be innovative
 and strive to achieve more with the little resources at their disposal.

Mr Mphahudi,
 head of centre for leadership development at the Public Service College, also 
advised the employees to share the resources they had with council outstations
 in order to make the most of what they had.

However, he 
said they could only achieve that if they had botho, a social fabric and
 lubricating oil of organisations that could allow them to harness their skills 
and work together towards a common end.

He commended 
the prize winners for their hard work and commitment and advised them to 
appreciate the cooperative efforts of the team members behind them who had
 enabled them to discharge their duties enough to be recognised.

For his part,
 SDC secretary, Mr Mompati Seleka said it was important for organisations to
 reward star performers. He explained that the awards were intended to
 appreciate the employees who had excelled to urge them on and motivate others
to do likewise.

He applauded
the Botswana civil service for having contributed immensely to the country’ success
story, saying the economy still relied on the civil service hence critical to
recognise good performance.

Mr Seleka
however stressed that they would only recognise employees who discharged their
duties with an agreeable spirit of humble service and BOTHO.

“Otherwise, 
it would be a serious misrepresentation of this Council and very remiss of us
 to recognise officers who struggle to treat our customers with dignity and
 respect,” he snarled.



He also warned SDC employees to adhere to service standards adding that timely
service delivery with reduced transactions between organisations could lure 
investors to the district.

Meanwhile,
Ms Sinah Setuke walked away with the overall best performer award plus a P 700
 worth of voucher followed by Ms Chawada Koti with P500 and Ms Lilian Moepjwa 
with P350 respectively. ENDS