Question NW259 to the Minister of Health
25 February 2022 - NW259
Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Health
What total number of (a) persons are employed as nurses in the Public Service and (b) the specified persons will reach a retirement age in 2025? FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION NO. 259 DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 10 FEBRUARY 2022 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 01) Ms H O Mkhaliphi (EFF) to ask Minister of Health: What total number of (a) persons are employed as nurses in the Public Service and (b) the specified persons will reach a retirement age in 2025? NW273E REPLY: The current total number of persons employed as nurses (all categories of nursing) in the Public Health Sector is 149 025. The current retirement age in the Republic of South Africa is 65 years (Public Service Act, 1994, as amended). The total number of nurses that will reach this retirement age in the year 2025 is 1 359 which is 0.9% of the total number nurses employed in the Public Health Sector. END.
Reply:
a) The current total number of persons employed as nurses (all categories of nursing) in the Public Health Sector is 149 025.
b) The current retirement age in the Republic of South Africa is 65 years (Public Service Act, 1994, as amended). The total number of nurses that will reach this retirement age in the year 2025 is 1 359 which is 0.9% of the total number nurses employed in the Public Health Sector.
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