PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 2619
Adv L H Max (DA) to ask the Minister of Correctional Services:
1) Whether he has been informed of the investigation conducted in 2012 at
Kimberley Correctional Services into a breakdown in communication
between officials and a certain person (name and details furnished)
and other human resource matters; if so, what is the status of the
investigation;
2) Whether the investigation has been completed; if so, what (a) was the
outcome and (b) measures have been put in place to prevent this in
future? NW3107E
Reply:
1) Yes.
2) Yes, the investigation has been concluded.
a) The findings revealed that:
⢠there were no substantive facts to prove any element of
victimization, maladministration, racial discrimination,
harassment and abuse of power by the Area Commissioner.
However, the investigators recommended that:
⢠the Area Commissioner: Kimberley, was lacking communication
skills, and that he should be subjected to an Effective
Management Skills course;
⢠Monthly Union and Management Meetings must be held as a priority; and
⢠Relationship by Objective (RBO) sessions were recommended in
order to improve the relationship between Labour Unions and
Management of Kimberley.
b) Based on the recommendations, the following measures were put in
place:
⢠A Diversity Workshop was conducted;
⢠A RBO session was held between the Labour Unions and Management
at Kimberley; and
⢠Monthly Union and Management meetings will be held in the
future.
With regard to the aggrieved official:
⢠The Regional Commissioner scheduled numerous meetings but these
did not materialize due to a lack of co-operation from the side
of the aggrieved official; and
⢠The Regional Commissioner together with the Regional Head:
Corporate Services, the Area Commissioner and the Head of Centre
of Tswelopele Correctional Centre,, proceeded to have a meeting
and the following decisions were taken in order to resolve the
matter:
o The official must perform his official duties as a Centre-
Based official and perform a 45-hour work week as directed
and determined by the Head: Correctional Centre on the
approved duty list.
o His continued long sick leave must be investigated by seeking
a Medical Specialistâs second opinion about the nature of his
sickness and his level of incapacity to perform his current
post functions/duties.
o The decision of the Regional Commissioner about forfeited
vacation leave credits is maintained as nothing prohibited
him to take any of his vacation leave during 2012 leave
cycle.