ATC190221: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture on a letter dated 25 October 2018, from the Minister of Arts and Culture, requesting the Assembly to commence with the process outlined in the Pan South African Language Act (No 108 of 1996) for filling of vacancies on the Pan South African Language Board, dated 21 February 2019

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Report of the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture on a letter dated 25 October 2018, from the Minister of Arts and Culture, requesting the Assembly to commence with the process outlined in the Pan South African Language Act (No 108 of 1996) for filling of vacancies on the Pan South African Language Board, dated 21 February 2019
 

1. Introduction and Background

 

The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) derives its mandate from section 6 (5) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996). It is mandated to perform the following functions:

 

Promote, and create conditions for, the development and use of:

i. All official languages;

ii. The Khoi, Nama and San languages; and

iii. Sign language; and

 

Promote and ensure respect for-

i. all languages commonly used by communities in South Africa, including German, Greek, Gujurati, Hindi, Portuguese, Tamil, Telegu, and Urdu; and

ii. Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit and other languages used for religious purposes in South Africa.

iii. The promotion of multilingualism in South Africa (s8 (iii)(b)(iii) of Act 10 of 1999).

 

PanSALB was established by an Act of parliament (Act 59 of 1995, amended by Act 10 of 1999).

•The Act established the Board as a governance structure to oversee the operation of PanSALB.

•The Board is appointed for a term of five years.

•Members are eligible for reappointment for one further term only.

 

The PanSALB was established by an Act of Parliament (Act 108 of 1996). The Act established the Board as a governance structure to oversee the operation of PanSALB. The Board is appointed by the Minister responsible for Arts and Culture for a term of five years. Members are eligible for reappointment for a further one term only.

 

The Minister of Arts and Culture, Hon Mthethwa, appointed an ad hoc committee which facilitated the process of inviting the general public to nominate persons for the appointment to serve on the Board. All nomination documents including curriculum vitae of nominees were submitted to the National Assembly (ATC No 157-2018, published on 30 October 2018) and were subsequently referred to the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture for processing.

 

 

 

Members of the panel

 

The following Members of the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture formed the panel to conduct the interviews:

Name of Member	Political Party
Hon XS Tom	African National Congress
Hon T Makondo	African National Congress
Hon P Mogotsi	African National Congress
Hon SP Tsoleli	African National Congress
Hon NK Bilankulu	African National Congress
Hon N November	African National Congress
Hon GA Grootboom	Democratic Alliance
Hon WM Rabotapi	Democratic Alliance

 

Hon P Mogotsi (ANC); Hon NK Bilankulu (ANC); Hon N November (ANC) and Hon WM Rabotapi (DA) did not attend the interview on Friday, 23 November 2018.

 

2. Short listing and interviews

The Committee had received 69 CVs of nominees. After a thorough scrutiny of the CV’s; the 25 candidates listed below were unanimously short-listed by the Committee:

 

No.	Surname	Name
1.	Muthien	Bernedette
2.	Dabideen	Preetha
3.	Chilwane	Prudence
4.	Khanyile	Zanamuhle Primrose
5.	Nicholls	Rowan
6.	Bilankulu	Nkensani Gertrude
7.	Dichabe	Seipati Bernice
8.	Dlavane	Fio Dolly Gaebeng
9.	Gqabu	Cinga
10.	Maahlamela	Tebogo David
11.	Maartens	Mariaan Magdalena
12.	Mafisa	Lebone Cedric
13.	Makubu-Badenhorst	Lolie
14.	Maleboa	Manfred Kgomotso
15.	Mbuli	Thulani John
16.	Mnguni- Ngingi	Siphesihle
17.	Mogale	Mashite Jacob
18.	Msomi	Sibulelo Goodfriday
19	Mthembu	Aubrey Greyling
20.	Mudau	Ntshengedzeni Edward
21.	Ngcangca	Dennis Joseph Malunga
22.	Nxumalo	Bhekani Rombart
23.	Nkumane	Ben Ramadi
24.	Rasana	Nomakhosazana
25.	Skosana	Bongani Judas

 

The committee scheduled interviews on 20; 21 and 23 November 2018. From the 25 candidates who were short listed, 24 candidates were interviewed. One candidate, Mr. BR Nxumalo, withdrew from the interview.

 

3.  Recommendations

 

In terms of section 5(3)(b)(iii) the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture recommends that the National Assembly adopts the following nominees to be considered by the Minister responsible for Arts and Culture for the appointment to the Board of the Pan South African Language Board:

 

Number	Name of Candidates
1	Bilankulu Nkensani Gertrude
2	Chilwane Prudence
3	Dabideen Preetha
4	Dichabe Seipati Bernice
5	Dlavane Fio Dolly Gaesebeng
6	Gqabu Cinga
7	Maahlamela Tebogo David
8	Maartens Mariaan Magdalena
9	Makubu- Badenhorst Lolie
10	Mbuli Thulani John
11	Mthembu Aubbrey Greyling
12	Muthien Bernadette
13	Mudau Ntshengedzeni Edward
14	Rasana Nomakhosazana
15	Maleboa Manfred Kgomotso

 

 

 

Report to be considered.