Question NW3827 to the Minister of Public Service and Administration

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02 December 2015 - NW3827

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Lovemore, Ms AT to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration

(1)What challenges has his department experienced with regard to the appointment of a service provider to process and adjudicate on applications for incapacity leave and ill-health retirement within the public service; (2) whether a service provider has now been appointed; if not, (a) why not and (b) when is it anticipated that an appointment will be made; if so, (i) who has been appointed, (ii) when was the appointment made and (iii) how was the service provider identified; (3) what is the backlog of applications for (a) incapacity leave and (b) ill-health retirement measured in (i) the number of applications in each case and (ii) years outstanding in respect of each national and provincial department forming part of the public service; (4) what (a) are the full details of the matter referred to as Mahaye v Department of Education, case number PSCB450-10/11, in his department’s Strategic Plan 2015/20, (b) is the progress in respect of the specified case in the Durban Labour Court and (c) are the implications of the matter on the management of the Policy on Incapacity Leave and Ill-Health Retirement?

Reply:

(1) No challenges were experienced with regard to the appointment of the Panel of Accredited Health Risk Managers.

(2) Yes. Panel, not a single service provider, of Accredited Health Risk Managers has been appointed. The five Health Risk Managers on the current Panel of Accredited Health Risk Managers were appointed during 2012 to assume duty with effect from 1 January 2013, which was the date of commencement of the three year sick cycle that ends on 31 December 2015. Since the Department of Public Service and Administration was interdicted from commencing with the service by a disaffected Health Risk Manager, which was unsuccessful during the bid process, the service only resume on 1 November 2013

The following table depicts the names of the service providers and the implementation areas within which they are contracted:

Health Risk Manager

Implementation Area

Alexander Forbes Health

Cluster 1 of National Departments

Cluster 2 of National Departments

Provincial Administration of the Western Cape

Pro Active Health Solutions

Provincial Administration of Gauteng

Provincial Administration of Limpopo

Provincial Administration of the Northern Cape

Metropolitan Health Risk Management

Dormant member, but has been contracted to dispense of the stockpiled applications for the public service.

Soma Initiative

Cluster 3 of National Departments

Cluster 4 of National Departments

Provincial Administration of the Eastern Cape

Provincial Administration of Mpumalanga

Provincial Administration of North West

Thandile Health Risk Management

Provincial Administration of the Free State

Provincial Administration of Kwazulu-Natal

(3) The Policy and Procedure on Incapacity Leave and Ill-health retirement and contracts entered into with the Health Risk Managers does not provide a definition of a concept such as a “backlog application”.

However, during the period of the Northern Gauteng High Court interdict from 31 December 2012 to 30 October 2013, at which the implementation of PILIR was suspended, incapacity leave and ill-health retirement applications begun to stockpile.

A summary of the stockpiled applications as recorded on the special codes created on PERSAL for this purpose are depicted in the table below. As indicated earlier, Metropolitan Health Risk Management has been contracted to assess the stockpiled applications and it is anticipated that this process will be completed by 31 March 2016.

Implementation Area

Department

Incapacity Leave

Ill-health Retirement

North West Provincial Administration

     
 

NORTH WEST OFFICE OF THE PREMIER

3

 
 

NORTH WEST PUBLIC WORKS ROADS AND TRANSPORT

167

6

 

NORTH WEST AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

65

 
 

NORTH WEST HEALTH

555

1

 

NORTH WEST SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

7

 
 

NORTH WEST SPORT ARTS AND CULTURE

18

 
 

NORTH WEST PUBLIC SAFETY

77

 
 

NORTH WEST EDUCATION

311

 
 

NORTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIR

28

 
 

Total

1231

7

Gauteng Provincial Administration

GAUTENG INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

1

 
 

GAUTENG SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

49

1

 

GAUTENG COMMUNITY SAFETY

3

 
 

GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

699

2

 

GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

7

 
 

GAUTENG EDUCATION

1295

 
 

DEEDS REGISTRATION TRADING ACCOUNT

14

 
 

Total

2068

3

National Departments Cluster 1

 

   
 

NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

1219

1

 

Total

1219

1

National Departments Cluster 2

NAT DEPT JUSTICE CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1066

9

 

OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

3

 
 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION

65

 
 

NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR

152

 
 

GOVERNMENT PENSIONS ADMINISTRATION AGENCY

47

 
 

PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND EVALUATION

2

 
 

NATIONAL DEPT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION

5

 
 

NATIONAL DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

25

 
 

INDEPENDENT POLICE INVESTIGATIVE DIRECTORATE

1

 
 

PUBLIC ADMIN LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY

4

 
 

Total

1370

9

National Departments Cluster 3

NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY

32

 
 

NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS

34

 
 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

5

 
 

STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA

52

 
 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

11

 
 

NATIONAL DEPARTMENT ARTS AND CULTURE

2

 
 

Total

136

0

National Departments Cluster 4

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

9

 
 

NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS

5

 
 

NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS

309

 
 

NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

23

3

 

DEPT GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS AND INFO SYSTEMS

18

 
 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM

40

 
 

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

15

 
 

DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION

46

 
 

NATIONAL DEPT OF SPORT AND RECREATION SOUTH AFRICA

7

 
 

NATIONAL TREASURY

8

 
 

NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY

230

 
 

THE PRESIDENCY

9

 
 

Total

719

3

Mpumalanga Provincial Administration

MPUMALANGA DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS ROADS AND TRANSPOR

46

 
 

MPUMALANGA AGRICULTURE RURAL DEV AND LAND ADMIN

5

 
 

MPUMALANGA EDUCATION

190

 
 

MPUMALANGA HEALTH

276

3

 

Total

517

3

Limpopo Provincial Administration

LIMPOPO PROVINCE PROVINCIAL TREASURY

10

 
 

LIMPOPO PROVINCE SPORT ARTS AND CULTURE

14

 
 

LIMPOPO PROVINCE OFFICE OF THE PREMIER

11

 
 

LIMPOPO PROV ECONOMIC DEVELOP ENVIRONMENT TOURISM

24

 
 

LIMPOPO PROVINCE HEALTH

9

 
 

LIMPOPO PROVINCE DEPARTMENT OF ROADS AND TRANSPORT

136

2

 

LIMPOPO PROVINCE PUBLIC WORKS

99

 
 

LIMPOPO PROVINCE EDUCATION

553

 
 

LIMPOPO PROVINCE AGRICULTURE

114

4

 

LIMPOPO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

44

 
 

Total

810

6

Free State Provincial Administration

FREE STATE OFFICE OF THE PREMIER

9

 
 

FREE STATE ECONOMIC DEV TOURISM AND ENVIRON AFF

25

 
 

FREE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PROVINCIAL TREASURY

17

 
 

FREE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

720

 
 

FREE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

729

 
 

FREE STATE DEPART OF POLICE ROADS AND TRANSPORT

10

2

 

FREE STATE SPORT ARTS CULTURE AND RECREATION

14

 
 

FREE STATE GOVERNMENT MOTOR TRANSPORT TRADING ACC

1

 
 

FREE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

25

 
 

Total

1550

2

Kwazulu-Natal Provincial Administration

KZN PROV GOV AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT AFF RURAL DEV

110

 
 

KZN PROV GOV EDUCATION

939

 
 

KZN PROV GOV: HEALTH

3962

3

 

KZN PROV GOV ARTS AND CULTURE

25

 
 

KZN PROV GOV SPORT AND RECREATION

4

 
 

KZN PROV GOV HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

42

 
 

KZN PROV GOV: TRANSPORT

79

 
 

KZN PROV GOV SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

85

 
 

KZN PROV GOV PUBLIC WORKS

158

 
 

KZN PROV GOV PREMIER

9

 
 

KZN PROV GOV PROVINCIAL TREASURY

13

 
 

KZN PROV GOV ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM

2

 
 

Total

5428

3

Western Cape Provincial Administration

WC Education

854

2

 

DEPT OF TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS

29

 
 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

402

 
 

DEPARTMENT:LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING

14

 
 

PROVINCIAL TREASURY: WESTERN CAPE

7

 
 

WESTERN CAPE SOCIAL SERVICES: HEAD OFFICE

51

 
 

DPT ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

7

 
 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY

52

 
 

Office of the Premier

16

 
 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: WESTERN CAPE

14

 
 

DEPARTMENT CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SPORT

11

 

Northern Cape Provincial Administration

Total

1457

2

 

NORTHERN CAPE: FINANCE

3

1

 

NORTHERN CAPE: PREMIER

2

 
 

NORTHERN CAPE: Education

182

 
 

NORTHERN CAPE: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

17

 
 

NORTHERN CAPE: SPORT ARTS AND CULTURE

8

 
 

NORTHERN CAPE: Health

19

3

 

NORTHERN CAPE: DEP OF SOCIAL SERVICES & POPULATION

17

 
 

NORTHERN CAPE TOURISM ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSERVATI

2

 
 

Total

250

4

Eastern Cape Provincial Administration

OFFICE OF THE PREMIER

32

 
 

Health

16

 
 

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

1

 
 

ROADS AND PUBLIC WORKS

71

 
 

EDUCATION

790

 
 

LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS

22

 
 

RURAL DEV. AND AGRARIAN REFORM

29

 
 

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

22

2

 

TRANSPORT

69

 
 

DEPT OF FINANCE AND PROV EXPENDITURE

2

 
 

SAFETY AND LIAISON

5

 
 

Total

1059

2

 

Grand Total

17814

45

Source: Cases recorded by departments on special register created on PERSAL for stockpiled applications.

(4) The matter of Mahaye v Department of Education (case number PSCB450-10/11) is sub judice since applications for review was brought before the Labour Appeal Court. Therefore details on the matter cannot be disclosed at this point.

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