a) The current vacancy rate for all types of positions at the SA Social Security Agency is 1.7% for vacant and funded posts.
b) Breakdown of the numbers in each province are depicted in the table below:
Region/Office |
Overall Number of vacancies |
EASTERN CAPE |
16 |
FREE STATE |
13 |
GAUTENG |
7 |
HEAD OFFICE |
16 |
KWAZULU-NATAL |
23 |
LIMPOPO |
14 |
MPUMALANGA |
8 |
NORTH WEST |
19 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
5 |
WESTERN CAPE |
13 |
Grand Total |
134 |
Number of vacancies per salary level:
Salary level |
Numbers |
Salary level 5 |
32 |
Salary level 7 |
27 |
Salary level 8 |
18 |
Salary level 9 |
3 |
Salary level 10 |
3 |
Salary level 11 |
18 |
Salary level 12 |
8 |
Salary level 13 |
19 |
Salary level 14 |
5 |
Salary level 15 |
1 |
Total |
134 |
(c) Employees leave the organisation due to a number of reasons such as death, resignations, dismissal, retirement and ill-health.
(d) These 134 posts have been vacant for an average period of 12 months.