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Public Service and Administration
Joint meeting: SATBVC State Committee petition on pension redress
11 Mar 2025
The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration convened with the Standing Committee on Finance in a joint meeting to discuss the petition submitted by the SATBVC State Committee regarding pension redress. The meeting included presentations from the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) and the Government Pensions Administration Agency ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC Q1-3 2024/25 Performance; PSC Bill: finalisation
5 Mar 2025
The Portfolio Committee unanimously adopted the Public Service Commission (PSC) Bill, which aims to strengthen the Commission and make it more impartial and independent. It also extends the powers of the Commission to local government and public entities, and would provide more legislative teeth to the government's efforts to professionalise ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA, NSG, CPSI Q1 to Q3 2024/25 Performance; with Deputy Minister
26 Feb 2025
The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI) and the National School of Government (NSG) each briefed the Portfolio Committee on their Quarters 1 to 3 performance in the 2024/25 financial year.
The NSG highlighted that during this period they were given an ...
Public Service and Administration
Reforms in public service recruitment; appointment of foreign nationals; MTDP / Professionalisation Framework; Performance monitoring tools; with Deputy Minister
19 Feb 2025
The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration held a meeting to discuss reforms in recruitment processes informed by the Professionalisation Framework and the appointment of foreign nationals in the public service. Presentations were delivered by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and the Public Service Commission (PSC). ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Commission Bill: Committee proposed amendments
27 Nov 2024
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Parliamentary Legal Advisor on the A-List of Committee proposed amendments that emerged from its clause-by-clause deliberations at its 20 November meeting on the Public Service Commission Bill.
A significant topic of discussion was clause 4 of the Bill, which deals with the appointment ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC input on stakeholder recommendations on Professionalisation Framework implementation
22 Nov 2024
The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform to receive a briefing from the Public Service Commission (PSC) on the recommendations made by stakeholders at the professionalisation framework implementation workshop held last month.
During the discussion, Committee Members emphasised the importance of the professionalisation of the public sector. Concerns ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Commission Bill: public hearings report, motion of desirability, deliberations
20 Nov 2024
In an all-day session, the Committee managed to complete clause-by-clause deliberations on all 22 clauses. The proposed amendments from this meeting will be drafted by Parliamentary Legal Services in consultation with the Public Service Commission and State Law Advisor. Where the Committee could not reach agreement on a clause, the ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Commission Bill: legal opinion; responses to submissions
13 Nov 2024
The Portfolio Committee received a legal opinion on the constitutionality of the Public Service Commission Bill. Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO) cautioned about the risk of a Constitutional Court challenge once the Bill was passed and suggested options such as seeking further academic submissions on the Bill or ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Commission Bill: SEIAS briefing & public hearings
6 Nov 2024
The meeting featured a briefing on the Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of the Public Service Commission Bill [B30 – 2023] from Office of the Presidency. This was followed by public hearings with submissions on the Bill from the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) and The Ethics Institute (TEI); Public Service Accountability ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Commission Bill: summary analysis of submissions
30 Oct 2024
The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration convened to discuss the written submissions received on the Public Service Commission Bill. Originally introduced in the Sixth Parliament, the Bill had been advertised for public comment but was not processed before the elections. It was subsequently revived in the Seventh Parliament. ...