NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 940
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: [No 8-2011]
DATE OF PUBLICATION:Â Â 18 March 2011
940. Mrs A Steyn (DA) to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land
Reform:
(1) Whether any staff members of his department are currently on
suspension or special leave; if so (a) how many, (b) in what positions
are they, (c) why are they suspended or on special leave, (d) when
were they suspended or put on special leave and (e) what is the time
frame for each case to be finalised;
(2) whether any positions are currently vacant in his department; if so,
(a) how many, (b) which positions, (c) since when have these positions
been vacant and (d) what is the time frame for each to be filled?
NW1058E
THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM:
1) Yes.
a) Six employees are on special leave and eight employees are on
suspension as indicated in the table below. It should be noted that
the timeframes for finalisation of cases where disciplinary
hearings are ongoing do not factor postponements.
|SPECIAL LEAVE |
|(b) POSITION |WHY |(d) START DATE |(e) END DATE |
|Deputy Director |Suspended Special Leave|20110303 |20110411 |
|Project Officer |Study Leave |20110315 |20110331 |
|Assistant |Study Leave |20110307 |20110407 |
|Director | | | |
|Deputy Director |Study Leave |20110308 |20110408 |
|Director |Study Leave |20110309 |20110411 |
|Deputy Director |Study Leave |20110310 |20110412 |
|SUSPENSION |
|(b) POSITION |(c) WHY |(d) DATE |(e) TIMEFRAME FOR |
| | |SUSPENDED |FINALISATION |
|Project Officer |Mismanagement of |20090420 |3 months |
| |project. Failure to | | |
| |provide support to Pro | | |
| |Active Land Acquisition| | |
| |Strategy (PLAS) | | |
| |beneficiaries. | | |
|Manager |Threats of physical |20100301 |2 months |
| |harm to another | | |
| |official. | | |
|Registrar of |Registration of deeds |20100712 |3 months |
|Deeds |in contravention of | | |
| |Deeds Registries Act, | | |
| |Regulations and good | | |
| |practices. | | |
|Assistant |Registration of Deeds |20100917 |3 months |
|Registrar of |in contravention of | | |
|Deeds |Deeds Registries Act, | | |
| |Regulations and good | | |
| |practices. | | |
|Chief Planner |Fraud, corruption and |20100312 |3 months |
| |falsification of | | |
| |records. | | |
|Project Officer |Fraud, corruption and |20100420 |3 months |
| |falsification of | | |
| |records. | | |
|Manager |Failed to comply with |20100312 |3 months |
| |legislation, | | |
| |Regulations or legal | | |
| |obligation. Section 45a| | |
| |of PFMA. Mismanagement | | |
| |of state finances. | | |
|Project Officer |Fraud, corruption and |20100723 |months |
| |falsification of | | |
| |records. | | |
2) Yes.
(a)-(c) 627. Please refer to Annexure A.
(d) A maximum period of three months from the date of advertisement.
Following the review of the Departmental structure, funded
posts will be created on the PERSAL system. This will result in
an increase of vacancies on the PERSAL system.