Public Service and Administration
Minister & Director-General Absence; Public Service Commission on Jan-Jun 2017 performance
15 Aug 2017
The Committee was supposed to be briefed by the Department of Public Service and Administration, the National School of Government, Centre for Public Service Innovation and the Public Service Commission on their fourth quarter’s performance of 2016/17 financial year and first quarter performance of 2017/18 financial year. The Minister of ...
Public Service and Administration
Prohibition on public servants doing business with State; Financial Disclosures; National School of Government funding model; with Minister & Deputy
14 Jun 2017
The National School of Government (NSG) explained its current funding model and asked for the support of the Committee for the revised funding model. The NSG was required to recover all costs associated with training. This included costs associated with developing materials, marketing, logistics, and infrastructure of the school. The ...
Public Service and Administration
e-Governance; Integrated Financial Management System replacing PERSAL; aging IT government systems: Treasury & SITA
31 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration was briefed by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) on the progress in implementing e-governance; by National Treasury on the status of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS); and by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on the ageing Information ...
Public Service and Administration
Thusong Centres repositioning & funding; Public Service accommodation by DPW; with Deputy Minister
24 May 2017
DPSA presented the recommendations of an inter-departmental study commissioned by Cabinet on the repositioning and funding model for Thusong Service Centres (TSC). The repositioning proposals for optimum provisioning were: 178 Thusong Service Centres, 165 Thusong Service Clusters and 67 proposed locations. Of the proposed 67 locations, only 25 cases are ...
Public Service and Administration
Committee Reports on DPME, DPSA & Statistics South Africa Budget
16 May 2017
The Committee convened for consideration and adoption of the draft reports on Vote 8 (Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation), Vote 10 (Department of Public Service and Administration) and Vote 12 (Statistics South Africa).
The Committee noted with concern that it had made a request to the National Youth Development ...
Public Service and Administration
Committee Reports on Oversight; Department Budget; Policy on Incapacity Leave and Ill-Health Retirement Workshop
10 May 2017
The Committee discussed incidences of Members receiving threats after oversight visits and requested the Chairperson petition the Speaker for protection and legal services to cater for such incidences. This was during consideration of a draft Committee oversight report. Members decided it was important to have a joint sitting with the ...
Public Service and Administration
DPME, Statistics SA, National Youth Development Agency on its Annual Performance Plans, with Deputy Ministers
4 May 2017
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) presented its Annual Performance Plans (APP) for 2017/18, and the Department’s key strategic objectives included facilitating and coordinating macro and transversal planning across government and coordinating planning functions in the Department. The Annual Performance Plan also included developing, supporting and monitoring the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Transformation of the Financial Sector: public hearings
3 May 2017
The National Credit Regulator (NCR) submission discussed trends and statistic regarding credit in South Africa (SA), and made recommendations for the financial sector. The Cooperative Banking Development Agency (CBDA) defined what Cooperative Financial Intuitions (CFIs), how they could be used to benefit and transform the economy, and recommendations to help ...
Public Service and Administration
National School of Government, Public Service Commission, Centre for Public Service Innovation, DPSA Annual Performance Plan
3 May 2017
The National School of Government contributed to Outcome 12 (an efficient, effective and development-oriented public service) through three projects which were: developing and rolling out an executive coaching programme; developing and implementing identified in-service development programmes; and training of unemployed youths. NSG would place greater emphasis on the rollout of ...
Public Service and Administration
30-day payment to service providers by DPW & DPME, with Deputy Ministers present ; Service Delivery Challenges: Centre for Public Service Innovation briefing
15 Mar 2017
Two presentations were made to the Portfolio Committee on the 30 day payment of service providers. The Chairperson dismissed any reports by Departments whose Executive leadership was not present at the meeting – this included the Departments of Home Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Rural Development and Land Reform. She, ...