NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 157
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 6 November 2009
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 23 OF 2009
Mr M J R de Villiers (DA-WC) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
(1) How many senior managers are employed in her department;
(2) whether they are adequately qualified for the positions; if not, why
not; if so, what are the relevant details;
3) whether her department has taken any steps to address the areas of
inadequacy of these senior managers; if not, why not; if so, (a) what
steps and (b) what are the further relevant details?
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REPLY
1) There are, currently, 82 senior managers employed.
(2) Yes. The results of a range of competency tests indicated that all
the
senior managers were competent to be migrated to, or appointed
on the
approved new structure of the Department.
The following tables summarise the senior managerâs
qualifications, and years of experience:
Senior Managersâ Qualifications
|Number of |PhD |Post |Degree |Diploma |Post St 10 /|St 10 /|% of |
|SMS | |Graduate | | |Grade 12 |Grade |total |
|members | |degree | | |Certificate |12 | |
|2 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2.4 |
|17 |0 |17 |0 |0 |0 |0 |41.5 |
|34 |0 |0 |34 |0 |0 |0 |17 |
|14 |0 |0 |0 |14 |0 |0 |20.7 |
|6 |0 |0 |0 |0 |6 |0 |7.3 |
|9 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |9 |11 |
Senior Managersâ Work Experience
|No of SMS |1 to 5 |6 to 10 |11 to 15|16 to 20|21 to 25|26 to 30|30 to 35|
|members |years |years |years |years |years |years |years |
|17 |17 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|18 |0 |18 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|11 |0 |0 |11 |0 |0 |0 |0 |
|11 |0 |0 |0 |11 |0 |0 |0 |
|16 |0 |0 |0 |0 |16 |0 |0 |
|4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |4 |0 |
|5 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |5 |
(3)(a) & (b) Yes. The competency tests undertaken by the senior
managers have identified the developmental areas, and these are
being pursued.