PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 2048
Mr J Selfe (DA) to ask the Minister of Correctional Services:
How many officials within his department have been investigated for
disciplinary issues in the (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13
financial years, and, in each case, what (i) was the nature of the
disciplinary charge and (ii) subsequent action was taken against them?
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REPLY
The number of disciplinary hearings recorded in the Department of
Correctional Services and the outcomes thereof are published in Tables
4.11.2 and 4.11.3 in the Departmentâs Annual Reports for the corresponding
financial years as follows:
Note: The numbers in (i) and (ii) will differ due to some employees being
involved in more than one disciplinary case and/or sometimes facing a
number of charges that result in more than one sanction in the same
hearing.
(a)(i) The Department of Correctional Services recorded 4247
disciplinary cases in the 2010/11 financial year. In terms of the
Departmentâs disciplinary procedure, a distinction is made between
âless seriousâ cases and âseriousâ cases. Not all less serious cases
are preceded by an investigation.
(ii) The outcome of disciplinary cases are as follows:
|OUTCOMES: LESS SERIOUS AND SERIOUS |NUMBER |
|MISCONDUCT | |
|Corrective Counselling |682 |
|Verbal warning |905 |
|Written warning |788 |
|Final written warning |527 |
|Dismissal |88 |
|Demotion (as alternative to dismissal) |14 |
|Suspension without pay (as alternative to |167 |
|dismissal) | |
|Case withdrawn |218 |
|Not guilty |172 |
|No outcome |513 |
|TOTAL |4074 |
(b)(i) The Department of Correctional Services recorded 4171
disciplinary cases in the 2011/12 financial year. In terms of the
Departmentâs disciplinary procedure a distinction is made between
âless seriousâ cases and âseriousâ cases. Not all less serious cases
is preceded by an investigation.
(ii) The outcome of disciplinary cases are as follows:
|OUTCOMES: LESS SERIOUS AND SERIOUS MISCONDUCT |NUMBER |
|Corrective Counselling |502 |
|Verbal warning |697 |
|Written warning |721 |
|Final written warning |559 |
|Dismissal |183 |
|Demotion (as alternative to dismissal) |17 |
|Suspension without pay (as alternative to |131 |
|dismissal) | |
|Case withdrawn |144 |
|Not guilty |200 |
|No outcome |473 |
|TOTAL |3627 |
(c)(i) The Department of Correctional Services recorded 3765
disciplinary cases in the 2012/13 financial year. In terms of the
Departmentâs disciplinary procedure a distinction is made between
âless seriousâ cases and âseriousâ cases. Not all less serious cases
is preceded by an investigation.
(ii) The outcome of disciplinary cases are as follows:
|OUTCOMES: LESS SERIOUS AND SERIOUS MISCONDUCT |NUMBER |
|Corrective Counselling |464 |
|Verbal warning |669 |
|Written warning |674 |
|Final written warning |497 |
|Dismissal |167 |
|Demotion (as alternative to dismissal) |12 |
|Suspension without pay (as alternative to |156 |
|dismissal) | |
|Case withdrawn |138 |
|Not guilty |138 |
|No outcome |379 |
|TOTAL |3294 |