Question NW1657 to the Minister of Social Development
19 September 2016 - NW1657
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)(a) What are the details of the various work stream categories set up by her department to carry out the transition of the distribution of social grants from Net1 to the SA Social Security Agency, (b) what will each of the specified work streams be responsible for and (c) what are the (i) names and (ii) designations of each staff member employed by the Public Service for each of the specified work streams; (2) whether any staff members employed outside of the Public Service have been appointed in any of the specified work streams; if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the (i) names and (ii) designations of each such staff member, (b) what criteria were used to appoint the specified staff members and (c) how much will each such staff member be remunerated?
Reply:
(1) (a) (i) Legislative Policy Requirements Management
(ii) Information and Business Systems and Banking Services
(iii) Benefits and Local Economic Development
(iv) Change and Stakeholder Management
(v) Human Resource Management
(b) (i) The Legislative Policy Requirements Management is to provide comprehensive legal advice to SASSA and other in relation to the future Work Stream payment system focusing on legislative management policy requirements, contract development, design and
of the new system.
(ii) The Information and Business Systems and Banking Services is to facilitate for the insourcing of an ICT platform that will integrate the application of payment management system for social assistance and related social security benefits.
(iii) The Benefits and Local Economic Development is to identify the benefits and economic develop initiatives to be implemented with the delivery of the comprehensive security system.
(iv) The Change and Stakeholder Management is to provide guidance to the change management and stakeholder engagement.
(v) The Facilitate the development of integrated process that will support the new proposed functions to be institutionalized within SASSA.
(c) (i) and (ii) No staff member has been employed.
(2) (a) (i) and (ii) None
(b) Not applicable
(c) Not applicable