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News24 reports that since 2019, government bureaucrats have cracked down on more than 3,000 public servants by meting out "discipline" for fraud, theft or corruption, but only 19 have been dismissed,two were given verbal warnings, and 15 others had written warnings.
Only one official received a fine, 41 were suspended without a salary not exceeding two months, while 100 were suspended without pay. These details emerged in Public Service and Administration Minister Noxolo Kiviet's response to a written parliamentary question. Over the past three financial years, 1,535 officials were disciplined in national government departments. During the same period, 1,888 officials in provincial departments were disciplined. The reported figures exclude the Department of Defence and the State Security Agency. Kiviet reiterated that discipline management was a decentralised function. “Information pertaining to discipline is captured by departments on the Persal system. […] When information is not captured or available (either due to non-existent categories on the Persal system, or negligence on the side of a department), this impacts the perceived picture," she pointed out. Persal is the government's payroll and personal staff system for provincial and national departments.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jason Felix at News24 (subscriber access only)
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