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National Youth Development Agency appointments
Shortlisting of candidates
7 Dec 2016
The Committee at the outset of the meeting briefly discussed the matter of what the appropriate number of shortlisted candidates should be. Members were aware that there were only seven positions on the NYDA Board. The number of applications received for the seven positions totalled 487. The Committee in the ...
Public Service and Administration
Statistics Act challenges: StatsSA briefing; Public Service Commission Amendment Bill: deliberations; Committee Report on PSC commissioner selection
30 Nov 2016
The Statistician-General briefed the Committee on the decision to amend the Statistics Act, although it had not yet been decided whether this would be done by way of an Amendment Bill or a complete overhaul and presentation of a new Act. This would aim to ensure better coordination of statistical ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Short-listing of candidates for Appointment of Board Members to NYDA: meeting postponed
28 Nov 2016
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency could not proceed with the short-listing of candidates because it could not form a quorum even though Rule 27 of the Joint Rules stated the meeting could proceed with the business of the day ...
Public Service and Administration
Candidates selected to serve as Commissioners for Public Service Commission; Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) results implementation: DPME briefing
23 Nov 2016
The delegation of the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation presented the report on the Management Performance Assessment Tool and the lessons learnt and support; and the Acting- Chairperson noted the report on the candidates selected to serve as Commissioners for the Public Service Commission.
The Acting- Chairperson presented the ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Commission on irregular appointments in the public service
16 Nov 2016
The Committee invited the Public Service Commission (PSC) to brief the Committee on irregular appointments in the public service, which reported that the number of substantiated irregular appointment cases (IACs) at the national department level had risen from two in 2014, to 32 in 2015. Between 2010 and 2015, the ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC Commissioners: interviews day 2
16 Nov 2016
The sub-committee continued to interview candidates for the three positions of commissioner in the Public Service Commission (PSC). Only 6 candidates were interviewed because one had withdrawn after receiving another appointment.
The questions asked were aimed at determining the candidates’ notions regarding their fitness and propriety for the post. They ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC Commissioners: interviews day 1; Committee Report on PSC candidate security checks & qualifications verification
15 Nov 2016
The sub-committee formed to interview the candidates for the three positions of commissioner in the Public Service Commission (PSC) asked probing and relevant questions in the course of a marathon session. It had short-listed 14 candidates based on set criteria, which included that a candidate must be ‘fit and proper’, ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Commission: Building a professional public service; Management of Service Terminations & Pensions Pay-outs; Public Service Regulations 2015
9 Nov 2016
Delegations from the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) combined to advise the Portfolio Committee on the amendments to the public service regulations aimed at the professionalization of the public service, and to provide recommendations on how to avoid delays in pension payouts, ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Approval of advert
9 Nov 2016
The Ad-hoc Committee agreed on a number of issues relating to the advert, including the age criteria. However, there were some disagreements in terms of the criteria of academic qualification to be included in the advert.
A unanimous decision was taken to seek legal advice on other contentious issues relating ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Ad Hoc Committee Programme; Approval of advert: meeting postponed
8 Nov 2016
Due to a lack of quorum, it was agreed that the meeting should be postponed until the next day. Committee members asserted that the staff of the Committee should ensure effective communication with the relevant Committee members in relation to meeting notifications through email, phone call and text messages.