NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 308
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 27 August 2010
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 23 of 2010
Mr D B Feldman (COPE-Gauteng) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
Whether her Department has developed a (a) policy and / or (b) process for
security, personality and integrity checks on all officials employed in her
Department to ensure
(i) clean image and (ii) placing of people with integrity in positions of
trust; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY
(a) Yes. A Vetting Policy has been introduced in the Department, in terms
of which all employees are subjected to the vetting process. The
requirements of a particular post determine the level of
security clearance the incumbent, thereof, must possess. The
decision to grant a security clearance rests with the National
Intelligence Agency (NIA). Feedback from the NIA is taken into
account when a determination is made, regarding the suitability
of an applicant for a particular post.
(b)(i) & (ii) Yes. In addition, as a standard part of the Departmentâs
Recruitment process, the following pre-employment checks are
conducted on all nominated candidates, in accordance with
Cabinetâs decision on the compulsory undertaking of Personnel
Suitability Checks (PSC), linked to the National Security
Vetting Strategy:
⢠Criminal record check
⢠Credit record check
⢠Citizenship check
⢠Qualification verification
⢠Reference checks