Question NW126 to the Minister of Public Service and Administration
18 July 2019 - NW126
Schreiber, Dr LA to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
(1)What number of public service employees have been found to have conducted business with the State in contravention of section 8 of the Public Administration Management Act, Act 11 of 2014, since its inception; (2) whether any of the specified public service employees were successfully prosecuted and subjected to a fine or imprisonment for contravening section 8 of the specified Act; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (3) whether any of the public service employees have had their employment terminated for contravening section 8 of the Act; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
- The DPSA identified twenty public service employees who may have conducted business with the State and therefore, may be in contravention of section 8 of the Public Administration Management Act, 2014.
- No public service employees were prosecuted or fined for contravening section 8 of the specified Act. However, on 24 June 2019, the DPSA submitted a list of twenty employees referred to in paragraph 1, to both the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service and the National Director for Public Prosecutions, with a request to conduct the necessary investigations and possible prosecutions.
- No public service employee has had their employment terminated for contravening section 8 of the Act; as the identified cases still need to be investigated.
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