Report of the
Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration on Budget Vote 8
(Department of Public Service and Administration), dated 11 June 2008.
The Portfolio Committee received a briefing by the Department of Public Service
and Administration (DPSA) on Budget Vote 8 for 2008/09 on the 27 February 2008.
After having deliberated, the Committee reports as follows:
1. Introduction
and Overview
The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) is responsible for
public service personnel matters relating to conditions of service, management
of compensation, human resources, labour relations, public service governance,
service delivery, state information technology, capacity building and skills
management. The department has oversight on all state departments as they
deliver services to the people of
The DPSA aims to lead the modernization of the public service by assisting
government departments to implement their management policies, systems and
structural solutions within a generally applicable framework of norms and
standards, in order to improve service delivery.
The Department has the following policy priorities and developments for the
2008/09 financial year until 2010/11:
Improving the level and frequency of interactions between government and
citizenry through izimbizos, e-government and fifty one-stop centres; ensuring improved co-operation among all spheres of government through
integrated planning, monitoring and evaluation; and implementing the single
public service, which will align structures of remuneration and responsibility
to allow staff to move across the three spheres of government, with the aim of
improving service delivery.
Delivery of the following legacy projects: remuneration and retention, human resource
development, service delivery access and improvement, African Governance
agenda, monitoring and evaluation.
Implementation of the Public Service Amendment Bill is a priority for the
Department, as this was declared an Act and published in the Government gazette
in January 2008.
Preparations and tabling the Draft Single Public Service Bill in Parliament is
a priority for the Department. It is scheduled for tabling in Parliament in
June 2008.
The Department has the following programmes:
Programme 1: Administration;
Programme 2: Human Resource Management and Development;
Programme 3: Management of Compensation;
Programme 4: Information and Technology Management;
Programme 5: Service Delivery Improvement; and
Programme 6: Governance.
2. Budget allocation
The
DPSA was allocated a total budget of R412 306 000, which is a 7.35% increase
from its allocated budget for 2007/08.
The
budget is divided per programme as follows:
Administration
(programme 1) is allocated R96 386 000 for the financial year 2008/09. The
objectives of Administration are to provide policy, strategic leadership and
overall management of the department.
Human
Resource Management and Development (Programme 2) is allocated R45 062 000 for
the 2008/09 financial year. The purpose of this programme is to develop and
implement an integrated strategy, monitor employment practices, conduct human
resource planning and diversity management, and improve the health and
wellbeing of public service employees.
Management
of Compensation (Programme 3) is allocated R110 362 000. The purpose of the
programme is to develop and implement compensation policies and guidelines for
the public sector and ensure coordinated bargaining.
Information
and Technology Management (Programme 4) is allocated R38 747 000 for the
2008/09 financial year. The purpose of the programme is to ensure the effective
use of IT in government and facilitate the use of IT for modernising government
and establishing e-government practices, within an acceptable information
security environment.
Service
Delivery Improvement (Programme 5) is allocated R90 198 000. The programme’s
purpose is to engage in supportive interventions and partnerships which improve
efficiency and effectiveness as well as innovative learning and knowledge-based
modes and practices of service delivery in the public service.
Governance
(Programme 6) received R31 551 000 for the 2008/09 financial year. Its purpose
is to improve governance and public administration systems for improved service
delivery in
3. Conclusion
The Committee adopts Budget Vote 8 for 2008/09.
3. Report of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration on
Budget Vote 9 (Public Service Commission), dated 11 June 2008.
The Portfolio Committee received a briefing by the Public Service Commission
(PSC) on Budget Vote 9 for 2008/09, on the 5 March 2008. The Committee
deliberated on the budget presented, and reports as follows:
1. Introduction
and Overview
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is the only body empowered and
constitutionally mandated to oversee and evaluate the functioning of the Public
Service with a view to establishing good governance and best practice
principles. Through its oversight, investigative and directing role, the PSC
plays a significant role in transforming the Public Service. The PSC has
revised its organizational structure to ensure that it fulfills its
constitutional mandate and strengthens its strategic and operational support.
Line functions have been restructured around six key performance areas, which
translate into the PSC’s following strategic goals:
Monitoring and evaluation ;
Assessing service delivery and evaluating compliance;
Reviewing leadership and human resources;
Improving labour relations;
Investigating public administration; and
Promoting professional ethics.
The Deputy Director-General, Mr. MJ Diphofa, briefed the Committee on the PSC’s
budget vote. He gave an overview of the strategic objectives of the Public
Service Commission and how the budget allocated will be spent to fulfill the
objectives the PSC has set itself.
It was indicated that the PSC has four programmes for 2008/09, instead of the 3
programmes it previously had. The Programmes are:
Administration;
Leadership
and Management Practices;
Monitoring
and Evaluation; and
Integrity
and Anti-Corruption.
The
new programme for the financial year 2008/09 is the Integrity and
Anti-Corruption programme, which would focus on government-wide monitoring of
integrity and anti-corruption.
2. Budget allocation
The
PSC was allocated a total budget of R111 172 000, which is a 2.71% increase
from its allocated budget for 2007/08.
The
budget is divided per programme as follows:
Administration
is allocated R56 487 000 for the financial year 2008/09. The objectives
of Administration is to manage, organize and provide administrative
support to the Public Service Commission and its office.
Leadership
and Management Practices is allocated R14 649 000 for the 2008/09 financial
year. The purpose of this programme is to promote sound public service
leadership, human resource management, labour relations and
labour practices. Objectives and measures include improvement of Public Service
labour relations and policies by increasing the number of investigations of
grievances and complaints finalized from 800 to 1000 in 2008/09.
Monitoring
and Evaluation is allocated R18 249 000. The purpose of this programme is to
establish a high standard of service delivery, monitoring and good governance
in the Public Service.
Integrity
and Anti-Corruption is allocated R21 787 000 for the 2008/09 financial year.
The purpose of this programme is to undertake public administration
investigations, promote a high standard of ethical conduct among public
servants and contribute to preventing and combating corruption.
The
Deputy Director General announced that the PSC was proud that it had a record
of receiving unqualified audit reports for the previous seven years.
3. Conclusion
The Committee adopts Budget Vote 9 for 2008/09.
4. Report of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration on
Budget Vote 10 (South African Management Development Institute), dated 11 June
2008.
The Portfolio Committee received a
briefing by the South African Management Development Institute (SAMDI) on
Budget Vote 10 for 2008/09, on the 28 May 2008. After having deliberated, the
Committee reports as follows:
1. Introduction
and Overview
The South African Development Institute’s (SAMDI) primary responsibility is to
ensure the provision of training and management development for public servants
in order to improve the capability of the state. The aim of SAMDI is to provide
and co-ordinate the provision of training and management development
interventions that lead to improved performance and service delivery in the
public sector.
SAMDI’s six strategic objectives are to:
Develop and administer a training framework of curricula and materials
orientated to service delivery to be used by providers of transversal skills
training for junior and middle management.
Co-ordinate the provision of executive development programmes for the senior
management services.
Capacitate public sector departments to identify and meet their management
development and training needs in relation to their service delivery
objectives.
Develop and implement a suitable quality management and monitoring system.
Establish and maintain partnerships and linkages with national and
international management development institutes and training providers.
Arrange customized training programmes in support of South African foreign
policy within the African union and the New Partnership for
2. Budget allocation
SAMDI
was allocated a total budget of R105 527 000, which is a 24% decrease from its
allocated budget for 2007/08. This amount includes additional funding of R10
million. The budget is divided per programme as follows:
The
Administrative programme is allocated R54 220 000 in total for the financial
year 2008/09. SAMDI’s first programme is Administration. The aim of the
Administration programme is to facilitate the overall management of SAMDI and
to provide for the policy formulation and management responsibilities of the
Minister, Director-General, Deputy Directors-General and other members of the
SAMDI management. Other aims of Administration include: organizing the
Department, providing centralized administrative, legal and office support
services, managing staff and financial administration, determining working
methods and procedures, and exercising internal control. This amount is further
allocated as listed below:
Compensation
of Employees is allocated R19 423 000 for the financial year of 2008/09.
Goods
and Services is allocated R 32 358 000.
R2
439 000 is budgeted for expenditure on capital assets.
SAMDI’s
second programme is Public Sector Organisational and Staff
Development. This programme is allocated R51 307 000 in total for the period
under review; and provides demand driven organizational development
interventions to the public sector, as well as the administration and
augmentation of the training. There are two sub-programmes:
Public
Sector Organisational and staff development,
which administers the training trading account and coordinates the training of
chief directorates located in the training account.
Augmentation of training trading account, which provides
monthly transfers for augmenting the trading account.
3. Conclusion
The Committee adopts Budget Vote 10 for 2008/09.