1. The amount of R 29.6 million is still by far one of the lowest in terms of direct changes in recent years.
2. Given our economy and the impact of COVID-19, as well as budget cuts and minimal current increments across departments; even the lowest of direct changes against these 5 affected departments will hurt their operations.
3. More hurting is the huge amounts awaiting condonation, among some of the same departments.
4. As a province, we have to now be serious about the basic departmental structure of head offices and their bloated organograms.
5. With 80/20 skewed budgeting of administration vs the rest, are we really getting value for money in COEs? Which should not be only about warm bodies but unit revitalisation, specifically CFO, SCM, Internal Audit Control, M&E and Project Management.
6. Hon. Premier is there room for a healthy mix of employees across age, race, ethnicity, gender orientation and disability in all departments, when vacancies are filled.
7. Workplace skills, culture and diversity will enrich our government’s goal outcomes. Today, we need to head-hunt and recruit the best. Cadre deployment and Affirmative Action of 3 decades on, will not help us now and must be scrapped.
8. The Minority Front thanks SCOPA, STACOV and Provincial Treasury for their labour intensive oversight in preparing this Bill which the Minority Front supports.
9. Thank you

Hon. S. Thakur-Rajbansi