(1) (a) The breakdown of the vacant posts in national and provincial departments is provided in Annexure A.
(b) The vacancies are reported in Annexure B in terms of the broad occupational post classification.
(2) (a) Posts are vacant in the public service for a median period of 14 months. A breakdown per department is provided in Annexure C.
(b) The individual departments will be best placed to give the specific reasons why each of the posts has been vacant. However, departments in the past have reported that causes and challenges hindering the filling of vacancies include among others budget constraints, reprioritisation of funds, competition with the private sector as well as internal and external administrative challenges. In addition to the processing of amendments to the Public Service Act and the Public Service Regulations, 2016, the Department of Public Service and Administration provides technical assistants to departments on measures to address the challenges that are listed above.
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