1. LABOR RELATIONS - REGIONALLY
Grievances
The Region has a total of 50 pending disciplinary cases
Grievances pending in the region total 49
The predominant nature of grievances in the region include promotions, merit assessment, Judge White Recommendation, Recognition of previous experience
Most of the grievances lodged are as a result of members disputing the new policies which have been introduced since the demilitarization of the department and disagreements on Public Service Resolutions.
Recruitment
The region is in the process of recruiting 1 Director, 07 Deputy Directors, 37 ASDs and 39 Snr Correctional Officers. These are to be finalized by the end of Dec 2006
660 entry level recruits have been finalized for this financial year. 02 pharmacists have been appointed & will assume duty on 02 Jan 2006
02 medical practitioners have been approached and processes are underway for their appointment
05 teachers, 22 nurses & 18 social workers have been appointed

2. STATS ON STAFF ESTABLISHMENT
SAL LEVEL
WHITE MALE
WHITE FEMALE
COLORED NALE
COLORED FEMALE
INDIAN MALE
INDIAN FEMALE
AFRICAN MALE
AFRICAN FEMALE
TOTAL 1 2 3 51 29 4
369
188
648 21 17 38 5 10 20
208
116
414 6
110 12
167 32
1035
210
1568 7
459 45
265 19
915
153
1856 8 35 14 33 16 81 60
239 9 22 37 47 11
816 25 13 15
Total
637 85
579
120
2700
761
4895

3. Acting Allowance & Interim Promotions
There are only 06 members acting in financed positions in the region. These are also receiving acting allowances
For addressing internal promotion challenges 758 positions have been advertised for Salary level & 356 Filled
An addition of 356 positions for internal promotion of Salary level 6 – 7 have been advertised with 187 positions filled to date.
Salary level 6 - advertised 402 & Salary level 7 - Advertised 169 to promote members by March 2006
To cater for members who did not qualify in the previous promotion drive, the minimum requirements have been reduced from Matric to recognise prior learning and experience to accommodate non – Matriculants. This is planned for implementation by end March 2006.

4. PLANS FOR CORP SERVICES FOR THE NEXT 12 MNTHS
The Region will train all the supervisors and managers on the new disciplinary code and procedures over the next 12 months
Training is currently underway to train them on Presiding and initiating over disciplinary cases
Line management is currently being trained on the current legislation in order to ensure that grievances are finalized timeously
SMS member’s training will start in January 07, followed by deputy directors and assistant directors in February and March 07
Snr correctional officials will be done in phases over the next 3 – 12 months
Financial provision has been made to accommodate this training
Once all the advertised posts have been filled the Region will embark on phase two of the recruitment.
350 entry level trainees will be recruited
A 2nd group of critical and unfunded positions will be identified and financed
In the next 3-6 months, a strategy will be put in place to ensure that vacated positions are filled with immediate effect, to avoid lengthy acting in vacant posts