Question NW549 to the Minister of Public Service and Administration
20 March 2024 - NW549
Schreiber, Dr LA to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
(1)What (a) type of performance and/or incentive bonuses, excluding the 13th salary cheque exist in the Public Service and (b) amount was spent on the specified performance and/or incentive bonuses since 8 May 2019; (2) on what grounds were performance bonuses paid out to employees of government departments that recorded adverse audit outcomes and/or did not achieve their key performance indicators?
Reply:
- (a) & (b)
The performance management and development system (PMDS) is underpinned by the notion of improving organisational performance and accountability. The PMDS is designed to ensure that the goals/objectives contained in a department’s Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan are cascaded into the performance agreements of employees.
Based on the prescripts, the following amounts were spent on performance and/or incentive bonuses from the 2019/20 to 2023/24 financial years:
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Amount spent on performance bonuses / cash bonuses |
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Financial Year |
National Departments |
Provincial Departments |
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2019/20 |
R36 318 724 |
R154 463 238 |
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2020/21 |
R240 721 980 |
R819 214 333 |
|
2021/22 |
R321 125 930 |
R649 738 458 |
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2022/23 |
R92 879 151 |
R427 102 143 |
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2023/24 |
R71 121 130 |
R179 822 396 |
Data Source: PERSAL (8 March 2024)
2. Each employee is assessed based on the key performance areas as per the signed performance agreement between himself/ herself with the immediate supervisor against the set targets. The performance assessments of Heads of Department and members of the SMS take into consideration the Auditor-General’s findings and opinions and the department’s performance against the planned targets included in its Annual Performance Plan. Employees are rewarded based on the outcomes of their moderated performance assessment, on whether they have performance above the expected level (highly effective) or not and in compliance with Regulation 72 of the Public Service Regulations, 2016 (Performance agreements and assessments) and the directives issued by the Minister for the Public Service and Administration.
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