ANC compromises the impartiality and independence of the Public Service Commission by deploying an unqualified cadre
3 May 2023
The ANC government’s commitment towards professionalising the public service and building a capable state continues to ring hollow as the ruling party continues to staff key state institutions with unqualified ANC cadres.
Yesterday, the ANC used its numbers on the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration (PC) to adopt a report recommending the deployment of an unqualified ANC cadre to the position of national commissioner at the Public Service Commission (PSC).
The DA is of the view that the recommended individual, Mr Errol Vincent Magerman, does not possess the relevant qualifications, skills and work experience to occupy this senior position within the PSC. In fact, he is far from being fit and proper, let alone qualified for the position and should not be appointed by the President.
In his CV, Mr Magerman, lists as his highest qualification an advanced certificate in Governance and Public Leadership and outside of this qualification, he has no other relevant qualifications and no appropriate work experience at a senior management level either in the public or private sector. The only work experience that Mr Magerman has is that of being an ANC cadre and working for the ANC in more than 7 different capacities, including as an elections coordinator, councillor and Member of the Gauteng provincial legislature.