The National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) has provided the following responses to the questions posed.
1. (a) (i) No employees were paid overtime in the 2015/16 financial year.
ii) Some employees were paid overtime in the 2016/17 financial year.
b) One employee was paid overtime in the 2017/18 financial year.
The names of the employees and the number of hours and amounts paid to each employee are provided in the table below:
No. |
(aa) Employee Name |
Month |
(bb) Overtime Paid |
(bb) Hours |
1. |
Mrs Hlanzekile Mbokazi |
December 2016 |
R6 436,44 |
16.0 |
2. |
Mr Kambale Muhongya |
December 2016 |
R2 239,79 |
12.0 |
3. |
Mr Tebogo Molaoa |
December 2016 |
R6 159,41 |
33.0 |
4. |
Mr Musa Maphalakasi Tintswalo |
December 2016 |
R1 382,60 |
6.5 |
5. |
Ms Esther Tlaleng Mofokeng |
December 2016 |
R6 922,01 |
24.0 |
6. |
Ms Keketso Fairhope Phakoe |
December 2016 |
R4 897,10 |
20.5 |
7. |
Mrs Busi Pilane |
December 2016 |
R13 832,27 |
25.0 |
8. |
Mr Ntambudzeni Tshiswaise |
December 2016 |
R4 770,89 |
32.3 |
9. |
Ms June-Rose Ngcobo |
December 2016 |
R10 342,37 |
21.5 |
10. |
Mr Tshiamo Molapisi |
January 2017 |
R7 325.10 |
19.0 |
11. |
Ms Amanda Danca |
January 2017 |
R4 149.60 |
15.5 |
12. |
Mr Xolani Mkwanazi |
January 2017 |
R5 274.53 |
14.5 |
13. |
Mr Hido Neer |
January 2017 |
R13 334.48 |
20.5 |
14. |
Mr Ntambudzeni Tshiswaise |
May 2017 |
R978.65 |
5.0 |
2. Yes, employees were paid overtime above the threshold published by the Minister of Labour in terms of section (10) of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Act 75 of 1997.
(a) Refer to 1(b).
(b) Refer to 1(b).
(c) Payments were made to these employees in accordance with the NIHSS Remuneration Policy on overtime.
3. The NIHSS provided the following reasons:
4. The NIHSS is cognisant of the limited resources relating to postgraduate funding. Furthermore, overtime is assessed in detail before approval, both from a budget perspective as well as an analysis to see why employees cannot perform the particular task/s during their normal working hours.
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It is recommended that the Minister signs Parliamentary Question 176.
MR GF QONDE
DIRECTOR–GENERAL: HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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