Question to the Minister of Public Service and Administration - NW152

07 April 2021 - NW152

Clarke, Ms M to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

What (a) is the total number of senior managers who do not have the required qualifications and credentials for the positions they currently occupy and (b) in which (i) national and (ii) provincial government departments are they employed and (c) what is being done to rectify this situation?

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a) According to information from PERSAL as at 15th February 2021, there are currently a total of 9477 Senior Managers employed in the Public Service. Out of this total, 3301 members do not have the required qualifications. However it needs to be stated that many Departments do not capture the qualification information on PERSAL and therefore the information in the tables below are skewed. The information also excludes the Department of Defence and State Security Agency.

b) A total of 5447 SMS members are employed in the National departments, 1987 of them do not have the required qualifications. These are from the following departments :

(i) NATIONAL

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	227
Arts and Culture	1
Basic Education	5
Civilian Secretariat for the Police Service	11
Communication and Digital Technologies	17
Cooperative Governance	34
Correctional Services	67
Education	1
Employment and Labour	79
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries	107
Government Communication and Information System	8
Health	56
Higher Education and Training	52
Home Affairs	56
Human Settlement	46
Independent Police Investigative Directorate	9
International Relations and Cooperation	81
Justice and Constitutional Development	189
Military Veterans	4
Mineral Resources and Energy	31
National School of Government	10
National Treasury	64
Office of the Chief Justice	10
Office of the Public Service Commission	15
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation	16
Police	228
Public Enterprises	22
Public Service and Administration	32
Public Works and Infrastructure	67
Science and Innovation	44
Small Business Development	15
Social Development	39
Sports, Arts and Culture	22
Statistics South Africa	24
The Presidency	17
Tourism	23
Trade, Industry and Competition	128
Traditional Affairs	7
Transport	25
Water and Sanitation	78
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities	20
TOTAL	1987

(ii) Out of a total of 4028 Senior Managers who are currently employed at various provincial government department, 1314 of them do not have the required qualifications as described by the aforementioned Directive and they are from the following departments in the following provinces:

EASTERN CAPE

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	12
Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism	17
Education	25
Health	47
Human Settlement	14
Office of the Premier	5
Provincial Treasury	1
Roads and Public Works	8
Rural Development and Agrarian Reform	15
Safety and Liaison	1
Social Development	15
Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture	12
Transport	13
TOTAL	185

FREE STATE

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture	18
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	12
Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs	8
Education	14
Health	19
Human Settlement	3
Office of the Premier	7
Police, Roads and Transport	15
Provincial Treasury	6
Public Works	9
Social Development	12
Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation	4
TOTAL	127

GAUTENG

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture and Rural Development	25
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	14
Community Safety	8
E-Government	26
Economic Development	14
Education	42
Health	57
Human Settlement	25
Infrastructure Development	31
Office of the Premier	34
Provincial Treasury	36
Roads and Transport	31
Social Development	22
Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation	16
TOTAL	381

KWAZULU-NATAL

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture and Rural Development	4
Arts and Culture	7
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	17
Community Safety and Liaison	6
Economic Development , Tourism and Environmental Affairs	25
Education	42
Finance	23
Health	28
Human Settlement	8
Office of the Premier	29
Public Works	11
Social Development	16
Sports and Recreation	6
Transport	24
TOTAL	246

LIMPOPO

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture and Rural Development	6
Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs	17
Economic Development, Environment and Tourism	19
Education	23
Health	46
Office of the Premier	6
Provincial Treasury	3
Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure	12
Social Development	4
Sports, Arts and Culture	5
Transport and Community Safety	13
TOTAL	154

MPUMALANGA

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs	6
Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs	5
Community Safety, Security and Liaison	5
Culture, Sports and Recreation	3
Economic Development and Tourism	9
Education	15
Health	31
Human Settlement	15
Office of the Premier	7
Provincial Treasury	11
Public Works, Roads and Transport	16
Social Development	8
TOTAL	131

NORTH WEST

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture and Rural Development	0
Arts, Culture, Spots and Recreation	0
Community Safety and Transport Management	7
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	1
Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism	3
Education	0
Health	6
Human Settlement	0
Justice and Constitutional Development	1
Office of the Premier	5
Provincial Treasury	0
Public Works and Roads	2
Social Development	2
TOTAL	27

NORTHERN CAPE

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	1
Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs	1
Economic Development and Tourism	1
Education	4
Environment and Nature Conservation	0
Health	3
Office of the Premier	3
Provincial Treasury	1
Roads and Public Works	0
Social Development	3
Sport, Arts and Culture	0
Transport, Safety and Liaison	1
TOTAL	18

WESTERN CAPE

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture	0
Community Safety	0
Cultural Affairs and Sport	0
Economic Development and Tourism	4
Education	4
Environmental Affairs and Development Planning	6
Health	9
Human Settlement	2
Local Government	2
Provincial Treasury	3
Social Development	5
The Premier	5
Transport and Public Works	5
TOTAL	45

(c) In order to rectify this situation, a Directive on Compulsory Capacity Development, Mandatory Training Days and Minimum Entry Requirements for SMS was issued to departments with effect from 1 April 2017, as determined in terms of Section 3(2) of the Public Service Act as Amended by MPSA. The Objectives of the Directive are:

To promote continuous professional development of members of the SMS;
To ensure that training on identified skills gap is implemented in departments;
To ensure that compulsory training programmes aimed at addressing the developmental needs of senior managers within the Public Service have been identified;
To promote and encourage SMS members to be trained in a structured manner;
To promote minimum entry requirements for appointment into the SMS through obtaining a compulsory Public Service specific qualification;
To achieve a highly competent SMS cadre; and
To strengthen the recruitment process at SMS level, inter-alia.

It is therefore, compulsory for the identified development needs of SMS members to be reflected in their Performance Agreements as Personal Development Plans. Departments must ensure that such developmental needs are addressed through ensuring that sufficient funding is made available for such interventions.

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07 April 2021 - NW152

Clarke, Ms M to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

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