Question NW1263 to the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture”
11 November 2019 - NW1263
Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture”
(1). Whether conference attendance and fieldwork of staff members employed by the National Museum in Bloemfontein have been put on hold until a new Head of Department is appointed at the museum; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, how will this affect the performance agreements of the staff members; (2). whether the museum conducted an organisational review and job grading in 2018; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) review and (b) outcomes of the review?
Reply:
(1). No conference attendance and fieldwork of staff members were placed on hold.
(2)(a). The Museum commenced with an organisational review process in 2018. Phase 1 has been completed, and Council approved that the Museum will use the DPSA grading. This entailed aligning the defunct Museum Grading System with DPSA grading which was completed and approved by the Council of the Museum.
(b). Treasury has recently approved the use of surplus funds to fund Phase 1 in October 2019