A very dark side to bureaucrat bashing, especially in SA which cannot afford DOGE - Schwella

With intense scrutiny being focused on SA’s bloated, cadre-stuffed public service, the country’s leading public administration academic warns against the danger of over-reacting. While agreeing with critics Rob Hersov and RW Johnson there are public servants appointed for ideological reasons, Prof Erwin Schwella says it is critical that SA does not follow the Trump/Musk example. Ejecting the core of this country’s dedicated State employees would threaten the collapse of the bureaucracy, with horrendous consequences. He spoke to BizNews founder Alec Hogg.