Question NW1652 to the Minister of Public Service and Administration

Reply:

(1) Chapter 3 C.1 of the Public Service Regulations, 2001 (which was applicable during the period in question) provides that every designated employee (SMS member) shall, not later than 30 April each year, disclose to the relevant Executive Authority particulars of all her/his registrable interests in respect of the period 1 April of the previous year to 31 March of the year in question. Copies of the forms on which the designated employees disclosed their financial interests are to be submitted to the Public Service Commission (PSC) by not later than 31 May each year. In view thereof, the financial disclosure forms for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 were supposed to reach the PSC by 31 May 2015. There were, however, financial disclosure forms, including those of some of the Directors-General, that were not submitted to the relevant Executive Authorities and the PSC by the respective stipulated due dates. The Directors-General (including those who were acting) and Executive Authorities who did not comply with the requirements to submit the financial as provided for in the Public Service Regulations are reflected in the Table below.

The level of compliance with the requirement to submit the financial disclosure forms by the due dates of 30 April 2015 (Director-General) and 31 May 2015 (Executive Authorities)

NAME OF DEPARTMENT	NAME OF DG	DATE CREATED! COMPLETED BY DG	DATE SUBMITTED BY EA TO PSC
Arts and Culture	Mr V. Jack (Acting)	The official never submitted	-
Correctional Services	Mr Z.I Modise	22 April 2015	28 April 2016
Defence	Dr S.M. Gulube	The official never submitted	-
Economic Development	Mr K. Naidoo f(Acting)	21 April 2015	-
Environmental Affairs	Ms N.N. Ngcaba	16 April 2015	23 June 2015
Higher Education and Training	Mr G.F. Qonde	28 April 2015	17 December 2015
Human Settlements	Mr M. Tshangana	The official never submitted	-
IPID	Mr R.J. McBride	The official was on suspension during the submission period and never submitted.	-
Military Veterans	Mr T. Motumi	1 June 2015	-
National School of Government	Mr B.I. Maja (Acting)	29 April 2015	-
National Treasury	Mr L. Fuzile	29 April 2015	-
Public Service & Administration	Mr M. Diphofa	30 April 2015	12 August 2015
Small Business Development	Ms P. Ncapayi	21 April 2015	16 February 2016
Sport & Recreation	Mr M.E. Moemi	16 October2015 (Submitted internally)	-
State Security Agency	Amb S. Kudjoe	The official never submitted	-
Trade & Industry	Mr L.V. October	20 April 2015	16 February 2016
Women	Ms J. Schreiner	The official captured the required information on the e-Disclosure system but was not submitted.	-

For the 2015/2016 financial year the financial disclosure forms of only two Directors-General were outstanding as at the due date of 31 May 2016. These are the Director-General of State Security Agency (Ambassador S Kudjoe) and the Secretary General of the Office of the Chief Justice (Mr M Sejosengwe). The form of Mr Sejosengwe was, however, submitted on time internally (i.e. 15 April 2016) through the eDisclosure system. This form was only released by the Executive Authority to the PSC on 29 June 2016. Ambassador Kudjoe's form is still outstanding.

(2) For 2014/2015 financial year Public Service and Administration and National School of Government did not submit their financial disclosure forms to the PSC by the due date of 31 May 2015. As at the end of the 2014/2015 financial year (31 March 2016), the DPSA had submitted 97% of the forms and the National School of Government had not submitted a single form by then.

(3) The PSC is continuously making efforts to try and get Departments to improve the submission rate to 100% by the due date of 31 May each year. The following steps are taken on an annual basis in the quest to improve the submission rate by the due date:

• The PSC sends out letters to the EAs reminding them to facilitate the submission of financial disclosure forms of SMS members within their respective departments. The DPSA issues notices on the salary advices of senior managers, reminding them of their duty to declare financial interests.

• The Executive Authorities are advised on a continuous basis to take disciplinary steps against officials who, without valid reasons, fail to comply with the Financial Disclosure Framework, as stipulated in Regulation H of Chapter 3 of the Public Service Regulations.