Public Service Commission Amendment Bill [B21-2015]

The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration/Monitoring and Evaluation invites you to submit written comments on the Public Service Commission Amendment Bill [B21-2015]

The objects of the Bill [B21 -2015]:
• The Bill seeks to amend the Act in order to ensure efficiency and certainty with regard to the process of renewal of term of office of a commissioner and designation of an acting chairperson for the PSC. The provisions of the Bill seek to provide for continuity in the PSC with respect to retention of commissioners with experience and with regard to the execution of the PSC’s mandate.
• In this regard, the Bill clarifies the process to be followed by the President whenever the President renews the term of office of a commissioner as contemplated in section 196(10) of the Constitution.
• It further makes provision for the designation of a commissioner to act as chairperson of the PSC whenever both the chairperson and the deputy chairperson are absent or for any reason unable to act as chairperson.

Please indicate your interest in making a verbal presentation.

Comments can be emailed to Ms Bulelwa Madikane at [email protected] by no later than Friday, 16 October 2015.

Enquiries can be directed to Ms Bulelwa Madikane on tel (021) 403 2223 or cell 083 709 8487

Issued by Honourable Bertha Peace Mabe, MP and Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration as well as Monitoring and Evaluation.