Speaking during debate on her budget vote in the National Assembly, she said the public service was still plagued in key sectors with specific skills shortages.
South Africa was widely recognised as an exporter of well-developed information and communications technology skills.
The government was negatively affected by skills poaching by other countries and the private sector.
"As a result, we will be introducing an exchange programme with the ICT industry to stem the loss of skills," Fraser-Moleketi said.
The Government Information Technology Council was currently working on a programme to facilitate this exchange.
"This will fundamentally alter the pattern of skills movement and ensure that the public sector can retain the most critical ICT skills."
To further address skills shortages and skills mismatch, the public service had to work more closely with tertiary education institutions and various professional groups to ensure that the wide range of skills likely to be needed by the public service in the future would be available.
"Over the coming year I will be initiating a process with higher education institutions to develop a practical framework agreement for ensuring future skills are properly identified and provided for in the coming decades," Fraser-Moleketi said. – Sapa.
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