The Bhisho legislature plans to scrutinise the academic qualifications of some employees. This was revealed in a report tabled and adopted this week.
Legislature spokeswoman Bulelwa Ganyaza said the qualifications verification process was an integral part of recruitment.
“It has been started in the institution as part of audit turn-around to ensure compliance with recruitment procedures and to mitigate risk.
“Processes are also advanced in conducting qualifications verification for all employees as per recommendations from the committee,” said Ganyaza, who did not respond to other questions seeking clarity on the matter.
A legislature budget and oversight portfolio committee report was tabled by committee chairwoman and ANC MPL Noxolo Abrahams-Ntantiso during a house sitting on Tuesday.
Tabling the report, Abrahams-Ntantiso said, due to financial constraints, the piloting of the audit exercise would be limited to employees who had joined the institution in the 2014-15 financial year.
Abrahams-Ntantiso’s committee recommended the exercise first be carried out at management level, “so as to set an example”.
She warned the legislature should avoid the use of “intermediaries or consultants” in assisting with the process, as they were costing the state millions in consultation fees.
“This is so that it could, in future, be conducted on a full scale where all employees can be included and all their qualifications scrutinised and verified,” Abrahams-Ntantiso said.
National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union’s secretary at the institution, Branton Jonas, yesterday said he was surprised by the audit as the workforce had not officially been informed of the move.
“Some of us might have informally heard about it through the grapevine, but we have never been officially informed of such move by our management, despite us also being stakeholders in this institution.”
Jonas said he suspected management could have “concerns” that some people employed during this specified period “might have been roped in without them possessing the necessary qualifications required for their posts”.
“However, despite us not being consulted as labour, in principle we support such a move because we know that some, even within top management level, have questionable qualifications and are not properly placed.” — asandan@dispatch.co.za
Legislature to check qualifications of workers
Legislature spokeswoman Bulelwa Ganyaza said the qualifications verification process was an integral part of recruitment.
“It has been started in the institution as part of audit turn-around to ensure compliance with recruitment procedures and to mitigate risk.
“Processes are also advanced in conducting qualifications verification for all employees as per recommendations from the committee,” said Ganyaza, who did not respond to other questions seeking clarity on the matter.
A legislature budget and oversight portfolio committee report was tabled by committee chairwoman and ANC MPL Noxolo Abrahams-Ntantiso during a house sitting on Tuesday.
Tabling the report, Abrahams-Ntantiso said, due to financial constraints, the piloting of the audit exercise would be limited to employees who had joined the institution in the 2014-15 financial year.
Abrahams-Ntantiso’s committee recommended the exercise first be carried out at management level, “so as to set an example”.
She warned the legislature should avoid the use of “intermediaries or consultants” in assisting with the process, as they were costing the state millions in consultation fees.
“This is so that it could, in future, be conducted on a full scale where all employees can be included and all their qualifications scrutinised and verified,” Abrahams-Ntantiso said.
National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union’s secretary at the institution, Branton Jonas, yesterday said he was surprised by the audit as the workforce had not officially been informed of the move.
“Some of us might have informally heard about it through the grapevine, but we have never been officially informed of such move by our management, despite us also being stakeholders in this institution.”
Jonas said he suspected management could have “concerns” that some people employed during this specified period “might have been roped in without them possessing the necessary qualifications required for their posts”.
“However, despite us not being consulted as labour, in principle we support such a move because we know that some, even within top management level, have questionable qualifications and are not properly placed.” — asandan@dispatch.co.za
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