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BusinessLive reports that the drive by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) to change the systems, culture and productivity of the parliamentary research body has allegedly met with strong resistance by some staff members.
The FFC employs 32 people. It is mandated by the constitution to advise the state on intergovernmental fiscal relations and has recently been the subject of negative media reports that have highlighted complaints by staff alleging victimisation, wastage of financial resources and sexual harassment. But according to FFC chair Daniel Plaatjies, these complaints were a “push-back” by staff resisting the changes, especially those related to the salary structure, which he said was out of kilter with those of the public service and similar research organisations. The turnaround strategy being implemented at the FFC is based on the findings of a forensic report commissioned by the Treasury, which found widespread irregularities, and a lack of proper remuneration, human resource, supply chain and financial management systems. Plaatjies was employed in July 2017 as full-time chair with the mandate of implementing the recommendations of the report, which he said implicated about a third of the FFC staff. Staff members reportedly claim he is doing this with an iron fist, but he says he is determined to root out the improprieties.
- Read the original of Linda Ensor’s report on this story in full at BusinessLive
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