The service termination in the Public Service is administered through PERSAL system, which is the function that is decentralised to the Departments. Based on the available data on PERSAL as at 01 March 2023, the following information has been extracted in response to the parliamentary question:
(a)
|
(i) Resigned employees |
60 896 |
|
(ii) Deceased employees |
24 317 |
|
(iii) Transferred employees |
4 549* |
|
(iv) Normal retirement |
54 395 |
|
(iv) ... |
1. (a) The total number of interns and learners appointed during (i) 2019/20 is 25 711, (ii) 2020/21 is 22 347 and (iii) 2021/22 is 22 303.
The breakdown per province and national is as follows:
|
Provincial/ National Departments |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
Grand Total |
|
Eastern Cape |
4 441 |
4 654 |
2 555 |
11 650 |
|
Free State |
0 |
1 430 |
895 |
2 325 |
|
Gauteng |
1 888 |
3 ... |
In terms of section 30 of the Public Service Act, 1994 (PSA), public service employees (including senior managers and heads of departments) are allowed to perform other remunerative work outside their employment with the written permission of the executive authority of the department. This would also apply to the 379 senior managers identified in the Public Service Commission Report to be performing other remunerative ...
The recruitment and selection in the Public Service is regulated in terms of the Public Service Act, 1994 and Regulations 65 and 67 of the Public Service Regulations, 2016. Furthermore, the Executive Protocol provides principles and procedure for the employment of Heads of Department (HoDs) and DDGs at National government. The provincial governments are encouraged to follow the practice. This a merit-based recruitment and ...
1. The DPSA has already appointed a service provider to identify and pilot appropriate Integrity Psychometric Assessment tools to be included in the existing SMS assessment battery. This project has already commenced and will be concluded on the second quarter of 2023/24 Financial year. This project is mainly for SMS members and does not include all public servants for now. Lessons learnt from the ...
The Public Administration Management Amendment Bill and the Public Service Amendment Bill have both been drafted, consulted publicly and processed in terms of the requisite internal and statutory processes. The Bills are being processed to Cabinet for approval to table to Parliament by 31 March 2023.
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The DPSA is assisting the Public Service Commission (PSC) by referring reports of fraud, where reported to the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and the Public Administration Ethics, Integrity and Disciplinary Technical Assistance Unit (PAEIDTAU), directly to the PSC. Where direct assistance is required, the DPSA support the PSC.
The PAEDTAU is mandated in terms of the Public Administration Management Act, 2016 ...
(1) Details pertaining to international trips are as follows with effect from 1 June 2019:
(aa)Former Minister Mchunu (period in office: 2019-05-30 to 2021-08-05)
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MINISTER MCHUNU |
(a)OFFICIAL TRIP TO ABU DABI 14-21/12/2019 |
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(b) ITEM |
AMOUNT |
|
(i) ACCOMODATION |
R 149 196,00 |
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(ii) INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL |
R 239 767,86 |
|
(iii) DAILY ALLOWANCE |
R 15 963,95 |
|
R 404 927,81 ... |
(a)(i) No cases of illegal internal appointments were reported to the department;
(ii) (b) and (c) The DPSA does not keep a record of illegal appointments as there is no reporting requirement for departments. The process of recruitment is decentralised to individual Executive Authorities.
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1. The mandate of the Department of Public Service and Administration, the National School of Government and the Centre for Public Service Innovation is to support the Minister for the Public Service and Administration in furthering the roles and responsibilities contemplated in, amongst others, Chapter 10 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, read with the Public Service Act, 1994, the Public ...