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Independent Media reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) intends writing to parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) to urge an investigation regarding the fact that nearly 35% of senior managers employed by national and provincial departments do not have the required qualifications and credentials for the positions they occupy.
DA public enterprises spokesperson Michele Clarke said in a statement on Monday that the main departmental culprits were Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development with 227, Police with 228, Justice and Constitutional Development with 189, Trade, Industry and Competition with 128, and Environment, Forestry and Fisheries with 107. Minister of Public Service and Administration Senzo Mchunu revealed in a written response to a parliamentary question posed by the DA that of the 9,477 senior managers listed on the Personal and Salary System, 3,301 did not have the required qualifications. Of those, 1,987 officials were employed in national departments. Clarke commented: “’How much longer must South Africa suffer under this incompetence? Some of these are key to the country’s economic and food security, yet cadre deployment is more important to the ANC government than good governance and the well-being of its people.” Middle management positions in national government typically pay between R779,802 and R922,750, with senior management earning between R1,078,267 and R1,974,067, depending on level of employment.
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