43 Acting DGs and HODs in the public service
5 October 2022
Please find attached a soundbite by Dr Mimmy Gondwe MP.
As at 1 June 2022, there were a total of 43 acting Director Generals (DGs) and Heads of Departments (HODs) in our public service.
This was revealed by the Minister in the Presidency, Minister Mondli Gungubele, in a written reply to a Parliamentary question by the Democratic Alliance (DA) on the number of acting DGs and HODs in the public service and the costs incurred by the state in paying acting allowances to these acting DGs and HODs.
According to the written reply, 10 out of the 45 national departments in the country were headed by acting DGs and 33 out of the country’s 111 provincial departments in the country were headed by acting HODs, with the Northern Cape and the Free State having the highest numbers of acting HODs.