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MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES: QUESTION 655 FOR WRITTEN REPLY
A draft reply to the above question asked by Mr H B Groenewald (DA-NW) is
attached for your consideration.
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE:
DRAFT REPLY APPROVED/AMENDED
MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP
MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DATE:
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 655
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 30 OCTOBER 2012
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 38)
655. Mr H B Groenewald (DA-NW) to ask the Minister of Water and
Environmental Affairs:
(1) Whether a certain person (name furnished) has recently been
appointed in any position in (a) the national office or (b) any
of the regional offices of the Department of Water Affairs; if
not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is the (i)
title of the position, (ii) annual salary package and (iii) date
of appointment;
(2) whether the said person was interviewed for any position; if
not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether the position was advertised; if not, why not; if so, (a)
when and (b) what are the further relevant details;
(4) whether all the required steps of the recruitment process were
followed in making the appointment; if not, why not; if so, what
are the relevant details;
(5) whether her department has been informed that the said person is
currently a co-accused in a high profile fraud trial in the
Northern Cape; if not, what is the position in this regard; if
so, what are the relevant details? CW866E
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REPLY:
1) and (2)
The said incumbent applied for the advertised post of Chief
Director/ Regional Head (Northern Cape), for which she was
interviewed and recommended. An offer was made to her and she
accepted with conditions that her salary be reviewed. This request
was disapproved, she was informed about the decision. The
Department subsequently withdrew the offer, hence she has never
been appointed by the department at any sphere.
3) The position of Chief Director/ Regional Head for the Northern Cape
was advertised with a closing date of 2 December 2011.
4) The relevant recruitment processes were followed, the post was
advertised in the national newspaper, short listing processes were
done followed by the interviewing process, the candidate was sent
for a competency assessment and reference checking and the security
screening process were done. Her qualifications were verified
through SAQA.
5) The department was never informed of the fraud trial since the
person never disclosed in her application, the matter was not even
indicated on the process the department undertook on the security
screening with the Safety and Security Agency. The conclusion
remains however that the incumbent has not been appointed by the
Department of water Affairs. However, upon learning about this
question, we found that indeed there is a recent case against the
person under discussion which bears no material effect on the above
stated recruitment process.
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