{"id":48962,"date":"2024-04-18T10:16:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T08:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/best-practices-shared-openly-20240417\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:11:31","slug":"best-practices-shared-openly-20240417","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/best-practices-shared-openly-20240417\/","title":{"rendered":"Best practices shared openly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"Left\" id=\"embed_13677a0d\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11773\/0c92d6f66b154c0692b20938dacbb2c9.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3287849e2f7a4c94be706c995774c47d.jpg\" title=\"Government Communication Information Centre (GCIC) employees hailing from all corners of the country gathered in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality to learn best practices from the Thabong Service Centre.Photo: Khaya Mqeke\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Government Communication Information Centre (GCIC) employees hailing from all corners of the country gathered in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality to learn best practices from the Thabong Service Centre.Photo: Khaya Mqeke<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thusong service centre managers and Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) provincial teams hailing from all corners of the country, gathered in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality to learn the best practices from the Thabong service centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The benchmarking programme was hosted by the National Inter-Sectoral Steering Committee (NISSC), which is the national coordination structure of the Thusong service centre programme. It was chaired by the GCIS at national level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vibrant intergovernmental programme took place on Tuesday, 16 April, in the heart of Thabong at the Boitumelo Junction Mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the event, the Thabong service centre was acknowledged as one of the most optimally and efficiently performing Thusong service centers in the country. 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