PREMIER, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE HOLDS PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT BILL

Premier, Community Safety and Liaison Portfolio Committee holds Public Hearings on the Public Service Amendment Bill and Public Administration Management Amendment Bill

Today, 10 June 2025, the Premier, Community Safety and Liaison Portfolio Committee is holding the third public hearing on the Public Service Amendment Bill and the Public Administration Management Amendment Bill at the Old Legislative Assembly Chamber in Ulundi. The first public hearing was held in a hybrid mode where Members of the committee and certain stakeholders attended the hearing physically in the Legislature Chamber in Pietermaritzburg while other stakeholders, and the public participated in the public hearing on our virtual platform. The second public hearing was conducted virtually in which committee Members, and all stakeholders participated in the hearing on our virtual platform.

The Public Service Amendment Bill seeks to amend the Public Service Act, 1994 to provide for the devolution of administrative powers from executive authorities to heads of departments, and to enhance and strengthen the role of the Director-General in the Presidency to support the President. The Public Administration Management Amendment Bill seeks to amend the Public Administration Management Act, 2014 so as to provide for the transfer and secondment of employees, to provide for the clarification regarding the prohibition against employees conducting business with organs of state, to provide for the National School of Government to be constituted as a national department, and to provide for the removal of employment disparities across the public administration, and to provide for the determination of conditions of service with financial implications.

At the conclusion of the public hearings, the Premier, Community Safety and Liaison Committee will consider all submissions received from the public and stakeholders and formulate a report that will be presented to the Legislature Sitting where a final Negotiating Mandate of the KZN Legislature on the Bills will be adopted for presentation to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) in Cape Town. At the NCOP Sitting where the final Negotiating Mandates from all provinces will be considered and debated, the two Bills may be passed and then referred to the National Assembly for final passing into the laws of the country.