The Citizen reports that South Africans applying for public service jobs have been given relief in that they will no longer have to attach certified copies of their qualifications to their applications.  

Instead, they will only be required to submit a completed Z83 form and a curriculum vitae with their applications. Without the change in procedure, hundreds of thousands of unemployed people would have had to spend money on making copies of their certificates and then go to a police station or post office to have them certified by a commissioner of oaths. The change will also free the police for their normal crime fighting duties instead of spending time in charge offices certifying copies of job seeker’s qualifications. Police officers have had to do this administrative task in addition their normal policing duties, despite numerous complaints about the shortage of police boots on the ground to fight crime. The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) has issued circular 19 of 2022 to all national and provincial government departments and entities, instructing them not to demand certified copies from job applicants anymore. The DPSA said the certified copies of qualifications would only be required once an applicant had been shortlisted for an interview. The changes were implemented from 1 May. The DPSA said the changes to the Z83 form were introduced in order to “improve the financial and administrative challenges both for human resources in departments and more so for the citizens”.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Eric Naki at The Citizen

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