Winde’s feedback was also given to two other PSC commissioners, and all three concluded their findings and recommendations were final.
She said the DPSA advised the provincial government in January 2017 that approval by parliament was not required for extending the term of office of a head of department beyond the age of 67.“He highlighted that the extension of Mr Schreuder’s term of office, without obtaining parliament’s approval, was based on the advice received from the DPSA in 2017.
She said the premier wrote to the PSC on August 7 questioning why none of the matters he had raised had been taken into account or incorporated in the final report. She said Winde had also informed the commission that “in the light of the differing and mutually destructive views of the commission and the DPSA on the matter”, he had requested the province’s director-general to urgently initiate a process of consultation with the DPSA.