(1)Whether (a) his department and/or (b) the Public Service Commission have studied the practices of other international governments in fighting corruption in the public service; if not, why not; if so, (i) which international governments’ practices have been studied and (ii) what is his position regarding the specified practices in each case;
(2) whether any of the specified governments expect senior management staff members in the Public Service to declare the business interest of close family members; if so, why is this declaration excluded from the information that senior management staff members in South Africa have to disclose annually;
(3) whether any plans have been put in place to improve the effectiveness of the annual submission of financial disclosures of the Public Service senior management staff members in government’s endeavours to purge corruption from the public service; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?