SACE RESPONSE
The Council had already taken note of the workload pressure arising from the nature of reported violations of its Code of Professional Ethics. The Council has therefore taken the following decisions to ensure effective and efficient processing of cases. The implementation thereof if underway:
a) Increased a pool of panellists to 39
b) Adjusted the 2017/18 Ethics budget by 100% to (R4 million).
c) Conducting process review and work study to inform permanent solution.