Question NW859 to the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
24 April 2017 - NW859
Cassim, Mr Y to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
(1) What is the employment status of his department’s acting Director-General of Policy; (2) Whether the specified person is serving notice; if so, why has the person’s appointment to the position not been approved; (3) What appointment processes are being followed to recruit the person’s successor?
Reply:
I have been informed by the Department as follows:
1. The former Acting Deputy Director-General: ICT Policy and Strategy is no longer an employee of the Department.
2. The specified person served a notice from 1 March 2017 to 31 March 2017. Advertisement of the post was authorized on 25 March 2017 and the post was advertised on 12 April 2017 with a closing date of 28 April 2017.
3. Another Acting Deputy Director-General: ICT Policy and Strategy has been appointed until the current process of appointment is finalised.