9: PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION

1 719: PUBLIC SERVICE ANDADMINISTRATIONAIMThe aim of the Department for the PUBLIC SERVICE and ADMINISTRATION isto advise the Minister on government policies in respect of the ESTIMATEST able Expenditure by programmeExpenditure outcomesPreliminaryoutcomeMedium term expenditureestimatesR million1995/961996/971997/981998/991999/ 002000/012001/02 Administration3,514,216,621,620,020,020, 7 Functional assistance to theMinister1,430,336,138,732,834,035,2 Auxiliary and associatedservices 0,10,10,00,00,0 Sub-total4,944,5152,860,452,854,055,9 Unallocated amounts :Improvements in Conditions ofService 239,22 Total4,944,5152,8299,652,854,055,91 On 1 April 1996 the DPSA and certain components of the Office of the PUBLIC SERVICE Commission amalgamated.

2 This requiredthe transfer of funds, equipment, posts and personnel and the subsequent increase in the budget from 1995/96 to 1996 This amount originally appropriated on the Improvements in Conditions of SERVICE vote include allocations set aside for transfersto the various bargaining chambers for training and skills audits, and as yet allocated amounts for remuneration assistance to the Minister is the main programme of theDepartment for PUBLIC SERVICE and ADMINISTRATION (DPSA). It involvesthe rendering of professional support to the Minister in leading thetransformation process by developing appropriate policy regardinghuman resource management and development; remuneration; generalconditions of SERVICE ; labour relations; organisational arrangements;information technology and reform; and support with the transfer of civilservants.

3 Internal and external communication services are also renderedunder this National Expenditure Survey72 The other two programmes, ADMINISTRATION and Auxiliary servicesinvolve the overall management of the Department and the delivery ofsupport services related to the aims of the Economic classification of expenditureExpenditure outcomesPreliminaryoutcomeMedium term expenditureestimatesR million1995/961996/971997/981998/991999/ 002000/012001/02 CurrentPersonnel expenditure12,932,635,937,439,142,043,9 Other current expenditure1,510,115,020,712,711,011,0 Transfer payments239,2 CapitalTransfer payments 0,8 0,00,00,0 Acquisition of capital assets0,50,11,92,31,01,01,0 Total4,944,552,8299,652,854,055,91 Departmental personnel expenditure includes employer s contributions to pension funds at a rate of 17 per cent of basic salaryin 1998/99 and 15 per cent of basic salary in subsequent AND SERVICE DELIVERY TRENDSThe DPSA has developed a policy foundation for the transformation ofthe PUBLIC SERVICE and has prepared the groundwork for the introductionof a new regulatory Department will in the next three financial years shift its emphasisfrom policy development to facilitating policy following policies have been developed for the PUBLIC SERVICE andare being implemented.

4 PUBLIC SERVICE Laws Amendment Acts of 1997 and 1998 and the newPublic SERVICE Regulations. Improvement of SERVICE delivery in pursuance of the objectives of theWhite Paper on SERVICE Delivery. Implementation of job evaluation and job descriptions. Introduction of the Codes on Remuneration (CORE). Establishment of the State Information Technology Agency (SITA). Establishment of the PUBLIC SERVICE Education and TrainingAuthority (PSETA). Implementation of a performance management system for the PublicService. Implementation of employment (term) contracts for heads ofdepartment, heads of provincial departments and heads oforganisational Resource PolicyDevelopmentPublic SERVICE and Administration73 Conducting human resource planning and a skills audit as envisagedin Resolution No.

5 7 of 1998 of the PUBLIC SERVICE Co-ordinatingBargaining Council. Review of the organisational policy on the PUBLIC SERVICE . Development of a remuneration policy for the PUBLIC SERVICE . Maintenance of policies developed in respect of human resourcemanagement and affirmative DEVELOPMENTSThe PUBLIC SERVICE Amendment Act of 1996 was introduced to removediscriminatory provisions in the PUBLIC SERVICE Act of 1994. For instancethe distinction between officers and employees was PUBLIC SERVICE Laws Amendment Act of 1997 transferred executivefunctions from the Commission to executing authorities and policyfunctions from the Commission to the Minister.

6 The PUBLIC ServiceCommission Act of 1997 established a single new PUBLIC ServiceCommission for the country and abolished the Provincial ServiceCommissions with provision for provincial representation on the PublicService PUBLIC SERVICE Laws Amendment Bill of 1998 provides for the roleand functions of Directors-General and the heads of departments inprovincial ADMINISTRATION to be February 1999 a new disciplinary code for the PUBLIC SERVICE wasagreed upon in the PUBLIC SERVICE Co-ordinating Bargaining Council(PSCBC). The new code will help Government to deal effectively withcorruption in the PUBLIC SERVICE by improving and simplifying thedisciplinary White Paper on Transformation in the PUBLIC SERVICE which waspublished in November 1995, established a policy framework to guide theintroduction and implementation of new policies and legislation aimed attransforming the PUBLIC SERVICE .

7 It represents a strategic framework forchange, by specifying policy objectives, guidelines and instruments tocarry the transformation process forward in a number of priority areas,for example rationalisation and restructuring, representivity, affirmativeaction and SERVICE White Paper on PUBLIC SERVICE Training and Education was adoptedby Cabinet on 6 August 1997. Its main objective is to provide for acoherent PUBLIC SERVICE training policy and for that purpose, provide forthe establishment of a PUBLIC SERVICE Education and Training part of the defined projects of this White Paper, the South AfricanGovernment and the European Community signed a three-year agreementin February 1997 for a PUBLIC SERVICE Management DevelopmentProgramme to address the skills shortage and management capacityproblems encountered within the PUBLIC 1997/98.

8 The DPSA prioritised the programme to improve PublicService Delivery resulting in the publication of the Batho Pele WhitePaper in December ServiceAmendment ActPublic SERVICE LawsAmendment ActPublic SERVICE LawsAmendment BillDisciplinary Code forthe PUBLIC ServiceWhite Paper onTransformation in thePublic ServiceWhite Paper on PublicService Training andEducationPublic ServiceManagementDevelopment Programme1999 National Expenditure Survey74 This sets out eight national principles (consultation, SERVICE standards,access, courtesy, information, openness and transparency, redress andvalue for money) according to which PUBLIC SERVICE delivery should a background of the need for reviewing the PUBLIC SERVICE shuman resource policy, the department undertook a review of the existingemployment practices and procedures with a view to developing a policyframework that will facilitate the transformation of human resourcemanagement practices.

9 A White Paper in this regard was published inDecember DPSA has been involved in a comprehensive and exhaustivemonitoring exercise of affirmative action programmes and reviewinghuman resource management policies in the PUBLIC SERVICE . This resultedin the publication of a White Paper on Affirmative Action in April 1998. DISCUSSION OF PROGRAMMESP rogramme 1: AdministrationBudgetestimateAdjustedappr opriationPreliminaryoutcomeMedium term expenditure estimatesR million1998/991999/002000/012001/021998 Budget19,624,121,620,821,7 1999 Budget 20,020,020,7 Policy formulated by the Minister, Director-General and other membersof the Department s management are dealt with under this programme.

10 Itinvolves organising the Department, rendering centralised administrativeand office support services , managing departmental personnel andfinancial ADMINISTRATION , determining working methods and proceduresand exercising 2: Functional assistance to the MinisterBudgetestimateAdjustedappropriat ionPreliminaryoutcomeMedium term expenditure estimatesR million1998/991999/002000/012001/021998 Budget38,345,238,739,940,1 1999 Budget 32,834,035,2 The Functional assistance programme renders professional support to theMinister in leading the transformation process by developing appropriatepolicy and facilitating implementation thereof through strategicinterventions and partnerships as well as maintaining a functioning programme includes: Human resource management and SERVICE and Administration75 Remuneration, conditions of SERVICE and labour relations policy.