Question NW429 to the Minister of Employment and Labour

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11 March 2021 - NW429

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Mkhonto, Ms C N to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

(1)What (a) is the total number of health and safety labour inspectors in the Republic and (b) number is located in each province; (2) whether he has done any assessment of the effectiveness of the labour inspectors; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply:

1. (a) Total number of health and safety inspectors in the republic?

Province

# Inspectors (includes vacancies)

TOTAL

674

(b) Number of inspectors per Province?

Provinces

Number of Inspectors (includes vacancies)

EC

66

FS

70

GP

118

KZN

167

LP

62

MP

39

NC

27

NW

47

WC

78

TOTAL

674

This number includes the five hundred new inspectors that have just joined the Department

2. The only assessment that has been done so far relates to the degree to which the inspectors are able to achieve their targets as well as the quality of work that they produce with specific regards to OHS inspectors, the majority of them are new and are still undergoing training, mentoring and coaching.

Inspectors are required to ensure that they comply with the requirements of the Standard Operating Procedures when conducting inspections and reporting thereof.

In observing the inspections conducted and the notices served, the provinces are deemed to be effective in their reach and in terms of their footprint. Inspectors have risen to the ocassion over this period of COVID-19.

Table: Total number of OHS inspections for Public and Private sector (April 2020 to January 2021)

Province

Total Inspections

Number Compliant

% Compliant

Number Noncompliant

% Compliant

% Non-Compliance

EC

2228

1585

71

643

71

29

FS

4948

2825

57

2123

57

43

GP

2200

1947

89

253

89

12

KZN

4476

2357

53

2119

53

47

LP

1059

405

38

654

38

62

MP

1904

643

34

1261

34

66

NC

846

356

42

490

42

58

NW

1412

808

57

604

57

43

WC

5180

2690

52

2490

52

48

TOTAL

24253

13616

56

10637

56

44

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