MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 2140
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 16 AUGUST 2013
Mr J J van der Linde (DA) to ask the Minister for the Public Service and
Administration:
(1) Whether any staff member in her department (a) performed work in
addition to the responsibilities related to his or her work, outside
normal working hours, in the (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11,
(iv) 2011-12 and (v) 2012-13 financial years and (b) has been
performing such work during the period 1 April 2013 up to the latest
specified date for which information is available; if not, how is it
determined whether such work is being performed or not; if so, in each
case, (aa) how many staff members and (bb) in what job or work
categories are the specified staff members employed;
(2) whether approval for such work was obtained in each case; if not,
what are the relevant details; if so, (a) what is the policy of her
department in this regard, (b) by whom are such applications
considered and approved, (c) how many contraventions of this policy
were brought to the attention of her department in the (i) 2010-11,
(ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13 financial years and (d) what steps
have been taken against transgressors?
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REPLY
(1) (a) Yes.
(i) 2008-09 4 staff members
(ii) 2009-10 4 staff members
(iii) 2010-11 4 staff members
(iv) 2011-12 3 staff members
(v) 2012-13 7 staff members
b) 26 staff members were granted permission to perform remunerative work
outside the public service
(aa) 26 staff members
(bb) staff categories: within SMS, MMS and levels 1-10
(2) Yes, and one application was not approved due to conflict of
interest.
a) The department is guided by the Public Service Act, 1994, as amended,
Chapter VII, Section 30.
b) Approval authority for members of the Middle Management Services
(MMS) has been delegated to the Director General and approval for
Senior Management Services (SMS) remains with the Executive
Authority.
c) (i) no information available for 2010-2011.
(ii) six (6) cases were brought to the attention of the department
in 2011-2012.
(iii) one hundred and twelve (112) cases were brought to the
attention of the department in 2012 -2013.
d) No steps were taken in 2010-2011 as no information was brought to
the attention of the Department.
In 2011-2012, the relevant staff members were requested in writing
to provide evidence in writing that they had approval to perform
remunerative work outside the department. Of the six (6) people,
one (1) employee provided proof of approval, two (2) people had
left the department by the time of the request and three (3)
employees provided evidence of not being involved with remunerated
work outside the department, they had resigned as members of the
companies in question.
Of the one hundred and twelve cases brought to the attention of the
department in 2012-2013, the department is processing written
requests to the relevant employees for reasons for non-compliance,
if and where required.