Pretoria - The Presidential Remuneration Review Commission (PRRC) says it is ready to start analysing written submissions made by various stakeholders in the public service, following information gathering and stakeholder briefing sessions in previous months.
The commission on Thursday said a total of 216 written submissions have been made, including 78 submissions from stakeholders in the education sector, 117 submissions from the public service sector and 21 from public entities.
The commission, which has until October 2017 to conclude its work, was appointed by President Jacob Zuma to inquire into remuneration and conditions of service in the public service and public entities as listed in Schedules 3A and 3C of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999, with educators receiving priority.
Issues that the commission is required to investigate, in accordance with its terms of reference, include matters such as service delivery, recruitment, promotion and retention, performance management, job evaluation, grading and the fiscal sustainability of the wage bill.
The commission was headed by the retired Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo until October this year, who has since stepped down due to large scale commitments in his schedule.
“In the interim, the commission has nominated veteran public service administrator Dr Vincent Maphai, a PRRC commissioner, to coordinate the work currently being undertaken by the commission while it awaits the President’s appointment of a new chairperson,” said the commission.
Maphai said the commission is now ready and poised to complete phase two of its project plan, which is the information gathering and analysis segment.
“As the commission, we are grateful to all stakeholders who heeded the call to send written submissions a couple of months ago,” said Maphai.
He said that the commission continues to engage with stakeholders as evidenced by recent briefings to the Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (Cosatu) Joint Management Committee of Public Sector Unions and Parliament’s Committee of Chairpersons, who have all pledged their continued support for the commission and its mandate.
“Following the analysis of submissions already received from a variety of stakeholders in the public service, the commission will determine areas that need further attention and it will also decide whether or not it would be conducting provincial site visits to secure additional information that may be missing,” said the commission. - SAnews.gov.za
