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Communications and Digital Technologies
Department of Communications & GCIS Quarter 1 & 2 Performance, with the Minister
29 Nov 2016
The Government Communication and Information Systems (GCIS) told the Committee that because of the lack of funding within the Department, it was difficult for it to carry out all its functions and meet its targets. It was able to work only with the money that it was guaranteed to receive, ...
Public Service and Administration
Candidates selected to serve as Commissioners for Public Service Commission; Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) results implementation: DPME briefing
23 Nov 2016
The delegation of the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation presented the report on the Management Performance Assessment Tool and the lessons learnt and support; and the Acting- Chairperson noted the report on the candidates selected to serve as Commissioners for the Public Service Commission.
The Acting- Chairperson presented the ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Election of the Chairperson
23 Nov 2016
The Committee met to elect the Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Filling of Vacancies for Gender Equality. The Committee decided to meet the following week to adopt its programme.
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Commission on irregular appointments in the public service
16 Nov 2016
The Committee invited the Public Service Commission (PSC) to brief the Committee on irregular appointments in the public service, which reported that the number of substantiated irregular appointment cases (IACs) at the national department level had risen from two in 2014, to 32 in 2015. Between 2010 and 2015, the ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC Commissioners: interviews day 2
16 Nov 2016
The sub-committee continued to interview candidates for the three positions of commissioner in the Public Service Commission (PSC). Only 6 candidates were interviewed because one had withdrawn after receiving another appointment.
The questions asked were aimed at determining the candidates’ notions regarding their fitness and propriety for the post. They ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC Commissioners: interviews day 1; Committee Report on PSC candidate security checks & qualifications verification
15 Nov 2016
The sub-committee formed to interview the candidates for the three positions of commissioner in the Public Service Commission (PSC) asked probing and relevant questions in the course of a marathon session. It had short-listed 14 candidates based on set criteria, which included that a candidate must be ‘fit and proper’, ...
Public Service and Administration
Public Service Commission: Building a professional public service; Management of Service Terminations & Pensions Pay-outs; Public Service Regulations 2015
9 Nov 2016
Delegations from the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) combined to advise the Portfolio Committee on the amendments to the public service regulations aimed at the professionalization of the public service, and to provide recommendations on how to avoid delays in pension payouts, ...
Public Service and Administration
Government Employee Housing & Medical Schemes: progress, effectiveness, pricing; Public Service Commission Amendment Bill: deliberations
2 Nov 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Government Employee Housing Scheme (GEHS) and Government Employee Medical Scheme (GEMS) on their effectiveness, target markets, progress and financial affairs. Although a new housing allowance had been introduced in 2004 it had not translated into increased home ownership among public service employees, and so ...
Public Service and Administration
PSC Commissioners: Shortlisting of candidates
1 Nov 2016
The Sub-Committee considered the short-listing of candidates for the PSC Commissioners.
The Committee short-listed candidates’ numbers: 8, 40, 51, 66, 67, 78, 86, 90, 116, 113, 120, 122, 124 and 126. Interviews of the short-listed candidates would take place on the 15 November 2016.
Committee Minutes of 14 October 2016 ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Communications Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2016
The Committee discussed and adopted its Communications Budget Review and Recommendations Report.