No cabinet minister should have more than two advisers, says Public Service and Administration Minister Ayanda Dlodlo. Taking a hard line against bloated staff complements in government, she said she had issued directives to ministers, heads of departments and directors-general, asking to be furnished with their staffing structures. This is to ensure departmental organograms are in line with mandates. Several ministers including Dlodlo’s predecessor, Faith Muthambi, have come under fire recently for exceeding the guidelines in the national ministerial handbook. The total number of advisers for the president, deputy president, ministers and premiers is now 70, according to the Department of Public Service and Administration, with an average of two for each executive authority. The department has embarked on a process to review the regulations to ensure they are more instructive on the limitations of those in power. Dlodlo told Business Day during an interview last week that deputy di...
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