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Pretoria - Almost half of all heads of government departments have not had their performance evaluated, despite being in charge of an estimated R250bn in funds annually, the public service commission said on Thursday.
Chairman Dr Ralph Mgijima was "appalled" by the low rate of compliance when it came to evaluating HODs.
"Time and time again we report on this and we are not getting any improvement," he said at the release of the ninth State of the Public Service Report in Pretoria.
"We are greatly appalled as you are. It needs to be improved."
Only 51% of HODs had had their performances evaluated by the end of March 2010, down from 56% the previous year.
By law all HODs had to be evaluated annually. The Western Cape and North West were the only provinces that had achieved close to 100% compliance.
Mgijima said there needed to be greater transparency in providing the public with timely information.
Asked what impact the government's proposed Protection of Information Bill would have on this transparency, he said the bill would "pose challenges" to the government's outcomes approach.
"Information becomes critical in monitoring," he said.
