Speech by: Refiloe Nt’sekhe MPL
“Secrecy over transfers to NGOs will be exposed by the DA”
- There is no detail of transfers to each of the 2598 NGOs in Gauteng.
- The department had 1017 abnormal appointments out of a staff compliment of 5417.
- The department had a 17.8% vacancy rate (910 posts). Of these 47.7% were of lower skill as in Level 1-2).
- No people with disabilities were recruited in the department during this period.
- Out of 4198 employees, 3016 used sick leave costing the department R19 million.
The full speech can be obtained here.
Speech by: Ashor Sarupen MPL
“The good, the bad and the ugly”
- 49 individual consultants worked on 21 projects for a total of 896 work days, totalling over R2million in spend.
- Only 75% of the EPWP grant given to the department was spent.
- Domestic abuse is still a serious problem, drug addiction and gangsterism still plagues too many of our communities.
- Women are disproportionately the victims of domestic violence, and many see no escape, trapping them into abusive relationships, despite the work by the department.
The full speech can be obtained here.
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