NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 1608
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 9 OCTOBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER 20)
Adv H C Schmidt (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
1) (1)Whether her department developed and adopted a policy providing
guidelines for the appointment of persons with a criminal record;
if so, (a) when was the policy (i) developed and (ii) adopted and
(b) where can a copy of the policy be obtained; if not,
2) Whether her department has any plans in place to develop and adopt
such a policy; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant
details;
3) Whether her department does any pre-employment screening of
potential employees for criminal records; if not, why not; if so,
what are the relevant details;
4) Whether any employees with criminal records are currently employed
by her department; if so, (a) how many and (b) what is their (i)
job level and (ii) occupational category? NW2014E
REPLY
(1) Yes,
(a) (i) in 2002 under DME
(ii) in 2004
b) The Policy and the DME Vetting Strategy is available on request.
(2) Not applicable
(3) Yes, all potential employees are sent for pre-employment screening
before the approval is granted for the appointment. The pre-employment
screening of the Department covers the following: Criminal record
checks, citizenship status, credit worthiness, previous employment and
qualification verification.
(4) No
a) Not applicable
b) (i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable[pic]