The National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) has provided the following responses to the questions posed.
a) No, the NIHSS did not pay bonuses for the 2014-15 financial year
b) No, the NIHSS did not pay bonuses for the 2015-16 financial year
(c) (i) For the year 2016/17, a total amount of R624 865, 87 was paid in bonuses to 25 persons employed or appointed at the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The breakdown is as follows:
94 000.63 |
48 212.04 |
38 367.41 |
46 040.89 |
84 119.91 |
16 737.33 |
11 414.74 |
14 268.42 |
29 597.65 |
7 555.65 |
15 531.56 |
12 942.97 |
6 194.99 |
6 253.42 |
3 495.17 |
12 035.64 |
47 247.00 |
24 589.91 |
22 054.45 |
47 242.00 |
24 589.91 |
22 054.45 |
18 221.61 |
4 326.27 |
10 096.50 |
39 375.00 |
3 020.06 |
9 166.67 |
Total: 624 865.87 |
(ii) The bonuses paid were performance based for the 2016/17 financial year. The rate (percentage) was based on the performance rating of staff members in terms of the year-end performance evaluations. The following methodology applied:
(aa) The expenditure complied with the NIHSS’s policies. The NIHSS is neither a Department, nor a constitutional institution, nor a public entity listed in Schedule 2 or 3, and therefore the Public Finance Management Act is not applicable to the NIHSS.
(bb) Spending is managed by the NIHSS in terms of its policies.
(cc) The Auditor-General of South Africa audits the NIHSS in terms of Section 38 of the Higher Education Act and since its inception has received unqualified audit opinions.