1 Briefing by the DPSA on the comprehensive

1 Briefing by the DPSA on the comprehensive monitoring report of departments in achieving employment of 50% of women and 2% of people with disabilities 12 August 2015 Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

2 Outline of presentation • Update since the last presentation in September 2014 • Submission of plans and reports for the implementation of the Job. ACCESS Strategic Framework for the Recruitment, Appointment and Retention of People with Disabilities in the Public Service • Support given to departments • Progress in the representation of people with disabilities in the Public Service • Progress in the representation of women at SMS • DPSA support to departments in meeting the equity targets Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

3 Background • The 2% and 50% targets were not met by 31 March 2015. • Improvement of the representation of women at SMS improves annually by a percentage point. • Currently it is at 40. 5%. • The representation of persons with disabilities in the Public Service is still very low. Currently, it is at 0. 66%. • Submission of implementation plans and reports for the Gender Equality Strategic Framework (GESF) and the Job. Access Strategic Framework for the Recruitment, Appointment and Retention of People with Disabilities (JA) has improved from 78 in 2014/15 to 101 in 2015/16. • The number of departments that reached the 2% target in June 2014 were 22 departments and rose to 29 in March 2015. • Departments are required to submit implementation plans and half yearly reports on the two strategic frameworks. These plans and reports form part of the reporting requirement on the MPAT. Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

4 Submission of implementation plans and reports on the Gender and the Job. ACCESS Strategic Frameworks Province Number of departments that submitted Eastern Cape 9/13 Free State 6/12 Gauteng 9/14 Kwa. Zulu Natal 10/15 Limpopo 7/12 Mpumalanga 5/12 North West 8/12 Northern Cape 11/12 Western Cape 13/13 National Departments 23/45 Total 101 Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

5 Provinces supported on development of GESF and JA Implementation plans and implementation of remedial plans Workshops completed in 2015 • Kwa. Zulu Natal 25 & 26 June 2015 • Gauteng 06 & 07 July 2015 • Limpopo 23 &24 July 2015 Workshops planned for the year • Western Cape 06 & 07 August 2015 • Eastern Cape 07 & 08 September 2015 • Northern Cape 12 & 13 October 2015 • Free State 19 & 20 October 2015 • Mpumalanga 03 & 04 November 2015 • North West 23 & 24 November 2015 • National Departments February 2016 Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

6 Representation of people with disabilities as at 31 March 2015 As at March 2015 there were 1 324 228 employees in the Public Service of which 8 729 (0. 66%) were employees with disabilities. 4 213 (48. 2%) of this number were female and 4 516 (51. 8%) were males; There were 1 178 (13. 50%) persons with disabilities below the age of 34; There were 1 007 between the ages of 35 -39; There were 1 564 between the ages of 40 -44; 1 774 between the ages of 45 -49; 1 578 between the ages of 50 -54; 1 199 between the ages of 55 -59; 420 between the ages 60 -64; 9 between the ages of 65 -69; 119 persons with disabilities at Senior Management Services (SMS) level; 226 persons with disabilities at Middle Management Services (MMS) level; and 8384 persons with disabilities at levels 1 -10. Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

7 3 YR TRENDS IN ACHIEVING 2% IN THE PS DECEMBER 2012 DECEMBER 2013 March 2015 Gauteng 0. 12% 0. 25% 1. 60% National departments 0. 64% 0. 71% 0. 81% Mpumalanga 0. 41% 0. 49% North West 0. 40% 0. 42% 0. 49% Eastern Cape 0. 37% 0. 43% 0. 42% Western Cape 0. 33% 0. 37% 0. 38% Limpopo 0. 31% 0. 37% 0. 40% Northern Cape 0. 25% 0. 28% 0. 29% Free State 0. 20% 0. 23% 0. 25% Kwa. Zulu Natal 0. 17% 0. 22% 0. 27% Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

8 Compliance with meeting the 2% equity target per province as at 31 March 2015 TRENDS Number of departments that met the 2% target Number of departments between 1 -1. 9% Number of departments below 1% EC FS GP KZN LMP MPU NAT NW NC WC TOTAL 1 0 5 0 3 4 10 3 1 2 29 6 3 6 7 3 6 15 5 4 5 60 6 9 3 8 6 2 18 4 7 6 69 Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

9 Departments that have met the 2% target Province Department Eastern Cape Local Government and Traditional Affairs (2. 54%) Free State None Gauteng Economic Development (2. 96%) Education (2. 57%) Finance (3. 51%) Office of the Premier (2. 95%) Treasury (2%) Kwa. Zulu Natal None Limpopo Office of the Premier (2. 56%) Public Works and Infrastructure (2. 12%) Sport, Arts and Culture (2. 06%) Mpumalanga Office of the Premier (2. 67%) Finance (2. 45%) Public Works, Roads and Transport (2. 09%) Safety, Security and Liaison (2. 27%) North West Economic Development, Environment, Conversation and Tourism (4. 63%) Finance (2. 40%) Sport, Arts and Culture (2. 24%) Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

10 Departments that have met the 2% target cont. Province Department Northern Cape Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (2. 66%) Western Cape Local Government (3. 55%) Office of the Premier (2. 07%) National departments Arts and Culture (2. 47%) Communications (2. 12%) Energy (2. 24%) Environmental Affairs (2. 42%) Labour (2. 43%) National School of Government (2. 94%) Science and Technology (2. 60%) Tourism (5. 28%) Trade and Industry (2. 82%) Women (2. 54%) Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

11 GEMS Statistics on other disabilities that could also (according to the definition) be disclosed Chronic Condition Epilepsy Rheumatoid arthritis Depression Bipolar disorder Schizophrenia Principal members 5, 441 6, 786 32, 069 5, 837 727 • When these chronic conditions are considered, we have met the 2% target based on 1, 3 million employees. Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

12 Representation of women at SMS as at 31 March 2015 • As at March 2015, there were 9649 filled SMS positions of which 3 914 (40. 5%) were filled by women and 5735 (59. 5%) were filled by men. • There has been an increase of 1% from last year (39. 8%). • Levels 15 and 16 are powerful executive levels in the Public Service where decisions are made and the low representation of women at these two levels remain a concern. Slide 14 shows the graphic representation of this pattern at level 16. Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

13 Representation at 13 -16 by race and gender Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

14 Representation of women at SMS per salary levels by race Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

15 Representation of women at level 16 Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

16 Representation of women versus men at SMS in the PS. Gender Province Female Male Total Rank % 350 428 778 44. 9% 1 2258 3158 5, 416 41. 6% 2 KZN-Natal 245 358 603 40. 6% 3 Eastern Cape 274 414 688 39. 8% 4 Limpopo 195 311 506 38. 5% 5 Western Cape 143 243 386 37% 6 Mpumalanga 117 205 322 36. 3% 7 94 169 263 35. 7% 8 North West 115 213 328 35% 9 Free State 123 236 359 34. 2% 10 Gauteng National Department Northern Cape Grand-Total 3914 Leading 5735 9, 649 to Higher 100. 00% the Public Service Productivity

17 Compliance with the 50% representation of women at SMS per province as at 31 March 2015 TRENDS Number of departments that met the 50% target Number of departments between 40 -49% Number of departments between 30 -39% Number of departments below 30% LM MP NA KZN P U T NW NC EC FS GP WC TOTAL 3 1 1 3 2 2 6 1 1 2 22 2 1 11 3 4 2 19 2 3 3 50 6 6 2 5 5 4 16 7 3 5 59 2 3 0 3 1 4 0 1 5 3 22 Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

18 Departments that have met the 50% target Province Department Eastern Cape Office of the Premier(51. 4%) Human Settlements (50%) Safety, Security & Liaison (50%) Free State Social Development Gauteng Social Development (60%) Kwa. Zulu Natal North West Human Settlements (50%) Social Development (51. 1%) Transport (52. 7%) Social Development (54. 5%) Sport, Arts and Culture (53. 3%) Health (51. 3%) Social Development (58. 8%) Economic Development, Environment, Conversation and Tourism (58. 3%) Northern Cape Social Development (52%) Western Cape Health (54. 6%) Social Development (56. 5% National departments Arts and Culture (54. 1%) Economic Development (55. 2%) National School of Government (50%) Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation (52. 2%) Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity The Presidency (50. 6%) Women (57. 5%) Limpopo Mpumalanga

19 Women managers in the Education and Health Sectors • CEOs and Managers of health facilities (hospitals, clinics, Emergency services and Community Health Centres): as at 30 June 2015, 134 positions were filled in these centres and 62 (46. 2%)were headed by women. • Only 2 persons with disabilities headed these institutions. • In the Education sector (principals and circuit office managers) there were 21 302 classified as managers and 7 826 (36. 7%) were women. • 129 were headed by people with disabilities • In these sectors, women still do not constitute the required 50%. Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

20 DPSA support to departments in meeting equity targets • The policy on Reasonable Accommodation and Assistive Devices which is set to create uniformity in approach has been approved; . The policy is accompanied by a Directive to give it more authority. • DPSA still provides support to departments with regard to compliance to legislation promoting mainstreaming of disability and gender (see slide 5). • The strengthening of the implementation of the two frameworks (GESF and JA) has resulted in improved compliance by departments. Departments submit plans annually on the 28 th of February and reports in February and in August. • Departments that have not met the 2% and the 50% targets are required to develop remedial plans to show they will address the gaps. • Departments that have met both targets are required to develop retention and maintenance plans to guard against losing the targets. Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

21 DPSA support continued. • In the 2014/15 financial year DPSA conducted a study on the movement of persons with disabilities in the Public Service after the issue was raised by this committee that employees with disabilities leave the Public Service in large numbers. • Questionnaires were sent out with questions seeking information on: levels and length of service; training and development for career pathing; qualifications; provision of reasonable accommodation; access; reasons for the failure of the PS to meet the 2% target; the PS as a career of choice ; including if they had plans to leave the PS. The questionnaire was followed by a focus group session. Responses were satisfactory as reflected below: o o o o o National departments (218)(32. 29%) Gauteng (180)(28. 26%) Kwa. Zulu-Natal (66)(10. 36%) North West (65)(10. 20%) Eastern Cape (27)(4. 24%) Western Cape (23)(3. 61%) Free State (17)(2. 67%) Limpopo (19)(2. 98%) Mpumalanga (20)(3. 14%) Northern Cape (02)(0. 31%) Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity

22 Findings • Employees with disabilities are not leaving the Public Service in large numbers, instead, they move laterally within the Public Service. This pattern correlates with the steady rise of intake reflected by the annual PERSAL statistics. • Respondents raised the following concerns that need to be addressed: o Persisting discrimination and negative attitudes; o Victimisation and reminder to be grateful for having a job; o Being undermined by colleagues; o Promotions not happening o Provision of Reasonable accommodation o Training and development o Access o Disability mainstreaming Leading the Public Service to Higher Productivity