(a) What is the total number of persons who are currently employed in the Public Service in each (i) department and (ii) entity of each department and (b) what is the current wage bill in each case?
a) The Number of appointments in the Public Service in each (i) National and Provincial Department and (ii) Entities of each department is shown in Annexure A. The total number of appointments was 1 231 744 on 31st August 2017. This excludes Defence and the State Security Agency. Periodical and abnormal type of appointments (e.g. audit committee members, etc.) are also excluded.
b) ...
(1) What are the details of the processes that must be followed with regard to deviations from the criteria for the appointment of (a) Directors-General and (b) Deputy Directors-General, as outlined in the Senior Management Service Handbook and the Public Service Act, Act 103 of 1994;
(2) Whether all current (a) Directors-General and (b) Deputy Directors-General of each Government department comply with the specified criteria; if not what are the details in each case?
(1)(a) and (b) The Public Service Act, 103 of 1994 and the Senior Management Handbook, are implemented in terms of the Public Service Regulations (PSR), 2016. Regulation 4 of the PSR, 2016 provides that the Minister of for Public Service and Administration may, under justifiable circumstances, authorise a deviation from any regulation. This therefore means that deviations requested by relevant Executive Authorities may be ...
What is the detailed (a) breakdown of and (b) valuation for current and non-current assets and investments held by (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her according to (aa) directly held and (bbb) indirectly held by each of the entities, in each case breaking the current assets and investments down by 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and beyond 12 months?
(a) to (b) The breakdown of current and non-current assets for the reporting period ending 31st March 2017 are listed as follows:
- Claims Recoverable
- Staff Debts
- Other Debts.
However, the quantified breakdown and evaluation for current and non-current assets and investment held by the Department and entities are included in the Financial Year Reports tabled in Parliament.
(1) With reference to the announcement during the Budget Vote Speech on 24th February 2016, by the former Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, in which South Africans were informed that Government will cut its wage bill with R25 billion over three years, (a) how does the total wage bill of the 2016/17 financial year compare to the 2015-16 financial year, (b) how does the first six months of the 2017-18 financial year compare with the first six months of the 2016-17 financial year and (c) what savings in the wage bill have been achieved due to austerity measures since this announcement for each financial year or part of it to date;
(2) Is the Government still on track in achieving its R25 billion savings on the wage bill in the specified; if not, (a) why not and (b) what steps will the take to ensure that the targeted savings are achieved; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) What percentage of the Government’s total expenditure for the 2017-18 financial year was allocated to wages?
(1)(a)(b) and (c) In order to provide accurate information on the consideration of the Wage Bill for the Public Service, the Minister of Finance whose primary responsibility is to allocate budget to the Wage Bill of the Public Service is in a position to respond accurately to the question. The Ministry for Public Service and Administration is responsible for the development of an efficient, ...
(1) (a) What is the total number of izimbizo that her department held since her appointment as Minister of Public Service and Administration on 31 March 2017, (b) what was the purpose of each imbizo, (c) what was the exact cost for each imbizo, (d) who was invited to each imbizo and (e) what are the details of her departmental staff that attended each imbizo;
(2) Whether any other departments were invited to each imbizo; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are all relevant details of each department that was invited?
- Reference is made on question no. 2309 dated 14 August 2017. (Find the attached previous question).
- Reference is made on question no 2309 dated 14th August 2017. (Find the attached previous question).
- Reference is made on question no 2309 dated 14th August 2017. (Find the attached previous question)
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(1) With reference to her guests that attended her department’s Budget Vote speech on 24th May 2017.
(a) Whom did she invite?
(b) What is her relationship, personal or professional, with each guest?
(c) Which airline was used in each case?
(d) What class of travel was flown in each case and?
(e) What was the total cost for each guest paid for this trip?
(2) Whether her department paid any (a) accommodation and/or (b) food and beverages for any of the guests; if not, what is the position in this regard, if so, What are the relevant details?
(a)(b) Business Community, Traditional Leaders, Representative of Local and Provincial Government and Leaders of Local and Provincial Government. Amongst the guests, six (6) of them have personal relationship with the Minister and the rest professional.
(c) SAA.
(d) Economy.
(e) Department expenditure relating to Quarter (1) Financial year 2017/18 has been disclosed in the quarter one (1) report that has been tabled in Parliament ...
(a) What number of new staff appointments did she make since her appointment as Minister of Public Service and Administration on 31st March 2017?
(b) Who did she appoint?
(c) In which capacity in each case?
(d) What qualifications?
(i) Were required and ,
(ii) Do each of the specified persons hold and,
(e) What are the relevant details of?
(i) Each person’s remuneration package and,
(ii) Her personal and/or professional relationship with each person?
(1)(a) The Minister inherited the 26 post that were in the fixed establishment in the Ministry that was approved by her predecessor. All 26 positions were funded.
Six (6) (Staff) members were transferred from the Ministry of Communication to the Ministry for the Public Service and Administration following the reconfiguration of the Cabinet on the 31st of March 2017.
Seventeen (17) Staff Members were ...
(1) (a) Why does she change the delegated powers and functions of her department’s Director-General and?
(b) To whom did she delegate these powers and functions?
(2) Whether the powers and functions will be re-assigned to her department’s Director-General; if not, why not; if so, what date?
(1)(a).The Minister has not changed the delegated powers and functions of the Director-General and the Director-General still enjoys his powers in terms of the Statute. Section 42 A of the Public Service Act, 1994 provides direction regarding delegation.
(b) Delegated powers and functions of the Director General are still vested with him.
(2) No powers and functions were withdrawn.
(1) (a) What number of employees have been on incapacity leave in terms of the Policy and Procedure on Incapacity Leave and Ill-Health Retirement since 1 January 2016 in each province, (b) what is the total cost to company resulting from the number of people who took incapacity leave and (c) in how many cases was it necessary to appoint temporary workers;
(2) (a) what number of applications for incapacity leave were rejected since 1 January 2016 and (b) at what cost;
(3) Whether her department adheres to the turnaround time for such applications; if so, what are the relevant details; if not,
(4) Whether employees, who were already on incapacity leave when it was rejected, were liable to pay back any monies paid out; if so, (a) what amount in each case, (b) have the monies been paid back yet and (c) what amount is still outstanding?
1 (a) The number of employees on incapacity leave since 1 January 2016 per province is depicted in the table below:
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Implementation Area
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Number of employees on incapacity leave
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Eastern Cape Provincial Administration
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1 069
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Free State Provincial Administration
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1 274
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Gauteng Provincial Administration
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2 756
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KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Administration
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2 150
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Limpopo Provincial Administration
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866
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Mpumalanga Provincial Administration
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150
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North West Provincial Administration
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329
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Northern Cape Provincial Administration ... |
Does (a) she, (b) her Deputy Minister or (c) any of the heads of entities or bodies reporting to her make use of security services paid for by the State for (i) him/herself, (ii) his/her immediate family members or (iii) any of their staff members; in each case (aa) what are the reasons for it, (bb) from which department or entity’s budget is the security services being paid, and (cc) what are the relevant details?
Does (a) she, (b) her Deputy Minister or (c) any of the heads of entities or bodies reporting to her make use of security services paid for by the State for herself
The VIP Protection Services under SAPS have a legal mandate to provide protection services to Minister and Deputy Minister.
a) (i) Yes, The Minister makes use of Security Services for herself, paid ...
