Question NW3460 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
07 December 2023 - NW3460
Masipa, Mr NP to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Whether a certain person (name furnished), who has been appointed to the board of Onderstepoort Biological Products, has been cleared of any past wrongdoing at the SA Weather Services; if not, how was the specified person appointed to the board; if so, (2) whether she will furnish Mr N P Masipa with proof thereof; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. Appointment of the Board of Directors of the Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) follows a call for nominations, assessment of nominees by the appointed selection committee and shortlisting of nominees who best meet the criteria. The call for nominations advert also specified the requirement for nominees to be fit for appointment as board members. OBP will be requested to conduct personnel suitability checks on all appointees.
The notice inviting nominations specified that personnel suitability checks will be conducted on suitable candidates.
The appointment letters of the new members stated that their appointments were subject to a personnel suitability process.
2. No. There is no record of an investigation at the instance of SA Weather Services into the specified person.