Question NW1736 to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
18 June 2018 - NW1736
Mulder, Dr PW to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
Whether all members of the senior management service (SMS) in his department had declared their interests for the past year as required by the Public Service Regulations; if not, (a) why not, (b) how many of the specified members did not declare their interests and (c) what are the (i) names and (ii) ranks of the specified noncompliant members of the SMS; (2) whether noncompliant SMS members have been charged; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) what number (a) of employees in his department at each post level are currently suspended on full salary and (b) of the specified employees at each post level have been suspended for the specified number of days (details furnished); (4) what is the total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of the suspensions in each specified case?
Reply:
1. 146 members of the senior management service (SMS) had declared their interests for the past year (2017/18 financial year) as required by the Public Service Regulations of 2016. Only five (5) out of 151 SMS members appearing on the February 2018 Departmental Persal report did not disclose their financial interests. All five (5) SMS members have either retired, resigned or contract expired. Their names are indicated in the table below:
|
(i) Rank |
Reason |
|
Chief Director |
Retirement (31/03/2018) |
|
Chief Director |
Resigned (31/03/2018) |
|
Chief Director |
Retirement (31/03/2018) |
|
Director |
Retirement (30/04/2018) |
|
Director |
Contract expired (31/03/2018) |
2. The above SMS members have not been charged since they have either retired, resigned or contract expired.
3. None.
4. None.
Office of the Chief Justice
1. All members of the senior management service (SMS) in the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) had declared their interests for the past year as required by the Public Service Regulations.
2. Not applicable, as all members of the senior management service (SMS) complied with the Regulations.
3. None.
4. Not applicable.