Question NW494 to the MINISTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION

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12 September 2019 - NW494

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Schreiber, Dr LA to ask the MINISTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION

What (a) number of public service employees are currently employed in each (i) national government, (ii) provincial government, (iii) local government and (iv) state-owned entity and (b) number of the specified public service employees are appointed in the (i) senior and (ii) middle management levels?

Reply:

(a) The Department of Public Service and Administration can only provide information on employees who are appointed on PERSAL. The information provided in the tables below excludes the Defence Force and the State Security Agency that do not make use of the PERSAL system. Information pertaining to local government and state own entities should be sourced from the Department of Cooperative Governance and the relevant oversight Departments for the state owned entities. Information on the number of appointments in the National and Provincial spheres is provided in the tables below:

  1. (i) and (ii) Table 1: All appointments in National and Provincial spheres

Sphere

Number of appointments (Including periodic and abnormal)

National

375 662

Provincial

1 018 788

Total

1 394 450

  1. (i) and (ii) Table 2: Appointments in the MMS and SMS in National and Provincial spheres

Sphere

Number

 

MMS

SMS

National

9554

5643

Provincial

8322

4131

Total

17 876

9 774

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