BL Premium reports that the Office of the Public Protector has developed a new organisational structure which will result in a reduction of 125 posts and save R48m.
Details of the new structure were outlined by acting CEO of the office, Yalekile Lusibane, in a briefing to MPs on Friday. The current structure was approved in 2017 and was reviewed to address imbalances between core and support functions. Lusibane indicated that “shrinking financial resources necessitated a comprehensive review of the structure as the institution is required to achieve more with minimal resources.” The structure provides for 707 posts, 351 funded and 356 unfunded, while the revised structure provides for 582 posts of which 351 are funded and 231 unfunded. The 125 cut will be to the number of unfunded posts. The reductions will take place in the sections of administrative support (60), assistant investigators (49) and corporate services (16). In the new structure, 115 of the 231 unfunded posts will be investigation posts, including three chief investigators, 33 senior investigators and 79 investigators. Lusibane highlighted the heavy workload of public protector investigators and that complaints were becoming more complex.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Linda Ensor at BusinessLive (paywall access only)
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