SACE RESPONSE:
1. (a) SACE has a vacant position of Chief Executive Officer.
(b) SACE has no vacant position of Chief Financial Officer;
(c) SACE has no vacant position of Chief Operating Officer.
(i) The position has been vacant since 1 February 2017.
(ii) The Chief Executive Officer retired.
2. Yes, the vacancy has been advertised.
(a) The interviews have not yet been done.
(b) Interviews are scheduled for April 2017 and the vacancy is envisaged to be filled by 1 May 2017.
3. (a) Currently there is only one person in an acting capacity.
(b) The employee has been acting since 01 February 2017.
(c) The process is still sub judice.
UMALUSI RESPONSE
1. (a) Umalusi has no vacant position of Chief Executive Officer.
(b) Umalusi currently has a vacant position of Chief Financial Officer.
(i) The position has been vacant for 13 months.
(ii) The position became vacant due to the early retirement of the previous
Chief Financial Officer.
2. Yes, the vacancy was advertised on 21 February 2016.
(a) The interview was conducted on 27 April 2016.
(b) The position could not be filled, as no suitable candidates were found.
The post was re-advertised in 2017 and it is now in the process to be filled.
3. (a) Only one employee. In the interim the newly appointed (1 April 2016) Senior Manager: Finance and Supply Chain Management was requested to act as the Chief Financial Officer.
(b) The employee has been acting since 1 April 2016.
(c) The Senior Manager: Finance and Supply Chain Management did apply for the position of Chief Financial Officer.