MINISTRY: PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 455.
Mr A P van der Westhuizen (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Service and
Administration:
(1) With reference to the Governmentâs PERSAL records, what number of
Public Service employees were employed in each provincial Department
of Education as at the last day of the (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c)
2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 financial years;
(2) with reference to the Governmentâs PERSAL records, what number of
Public Service employees were employed in each provincial Department
of Health as at the last day of the (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-
13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 financial years;
(3) with reference to the Governmentâs PERSAL records, what number of
Public Service employees were employed in each Provincial Legislature
as at the last day of the (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d)
2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 financial years?
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REPLY
1) According to data from PERSAL, the number of Public Service employees
employed in each provincial Department of Education as at the last day
of the (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e)
2014-15 financial years are indicated in the table below. Please note
that abnormal and periodical appointments are excluded.
2) According to data from PERSAL, the number of Public Service employees
employed in each provincial Department of Health as at the last day of
the (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-
15 financial years are indicated in the table below. Please note that
abnormal and periodical appointments are excluded.
3) The Provincial Legislatures do not fall under the purview of the
Department of Public Service and Administration and most of the
Provincial Legislatures are not utilising PERSAL as a personnel
administration and payroll system. Each Provincial Legislature can be
contacted to obtain this information.
|Number of Public Service employees in provincial Education and Health |
|departments |
|March 2011 to March 2015 |
|Provincial Department |201103 |201203 |201303 |201403 |201503 |
|Eastern Cape |Education |86 181 |82 816 |80 154 |78 791 |74 279 |
| |Health |40 818 |41 186 |39 577 |38 655 |39 470 |
|Free State |Education |31 113 |31 885 |32 013 |31 368 |30 382 |
| |Health |16 841 |18 915 |19 060 |19 008 |18 388 |
|Gauteng |Education |79 554 |82 134 |82 318 |83 794 |84 353 |
| |Health |62 492 |65 078 |61 406 |62 992 |62 894 |
|Kwazulu-Natal |Education |106 689 |108 058 |106 732 |108 024 |106 715 |
| |Health |71 001 |78 543 |82 436 |72 731 |71 865 |
|Limpopo |Education |64 425 |63 911 |62 901 |62 768 |62 153 |
| |Health |36 472 |38 112 |37 094 |36 650 |37 203 |
|Mpumalanga |Education |42 493 |42 719 |42 801 |42 298 |41 848 |
| |Health |18 026 |18 485 |18 269 |19 225 |19 446 |
|North West |Education |30 425 |30 242 |30 329 |30 703 |29 473 |
| |Health |17 290 |17 613 |18 256 |19 305 |18 955 |
|Northern Cape |Education |12 023 |11 892 |11 690 |12 457 |12 229 |
| |Health |6 176 |6 372 |6 474 |6 713 |6 781 |
|Western Cape |Education |40 514 |40 402 |40 114 |40 672 |42 108 |
| |Health |29 306 |30 446 |31 092 |31 654 |31 882 |
| |
|Excluding Abnormal and Periodical appointments |