1. Brand-SA is a crucial entity that is responsible for overseeing the management of South Africa's brand and safeguarding the country's reputation as an appealing investment and tourism destination. The reconfiguration of pre-existing departments and the establishment of new departments to conform with the Ministries was declared by His Excellency, the President on 14 June 2019. As per the President's proclamation, the Government Communication, and Information System (GCIS) and Brand South Africa (Brand SA) have been placed within the purview of the Minister in the Presidency, with the former serving as the overseeing department for the latter.
Brand South Africa is classified as a Schedule 3A public entity and has been duly registered as a trust in accordance with the Trust Property Control Act No. 57 of 1988. The review of the organisational structure of Brand SA therefore, beyond the purview of the MPSA and solely the responsibility Executive Authority of the organisation, which is the Minister in the Presidency. The Minister in the Presidency would be better placed to respond in detail on the considerations that informed the current organisational structure.
2. As a Schedule 3A public entity, Brand South Africa is not legally obligated to seek consultation with the MPSA regarding changes to its organisational structure in accordance with the Public Service Act and the 2016 Directive on changes to the organisational structures by the departments.
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