NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN REPLY
FRIDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2010
386. Mr O de Beer (COPE-WC) to ask the Minister for the Public Service and
Administration:
Whether the (a) single or (b) integrated public service will be
established soon; if not, why not; if so, (i) when and (ii) what is
the deadline for the establishment?
CW492E
REPLY:
There is no specified date for the establishment of either the
Single/Integrated public Service. A Bill, called the Public Administration
Management Bill was introduced in the National Assembly in June 2008 but
withdrawn for further consultation in November 2008.
Further consultation on the draft legislation is now nearing completion.
Only after this process is concluded, the support for the approach to the
draft legislation as it emanates from the process and the details as to its
content will be known. It is envisaged that the legislation will be
introduced in Parliament in 2011. Only after the Parliament has passed the
proposed legislation and the President has signed it into law, could
clarity on its establishment and implementation date be given.