Health
Whether any advisors were appointed for the Minister of Health in the last four years; if so, (a) who is the person(s) or institution, (b) what is each job description and (c) (i) for what period, (ii) for how many hours per week and (iii) at what cost each was appointed?
The company, Indigo Consulting was appointed in an advisory capacity to the Western Cape Government, to assist with the constitution of Strategic Partnerships across all provincial departments. The representative for the company, Amanda Brinkman reported in a line function to then Minister of Health, Theuns Botha (leader of Government Business of the Western Cape).
(b) Duties included:
- Advisor and counsel to the Leader of Government Business of the Western Cape Government in respect of business, marketing, strategy and other related issues – as and when required.
- Conceptualizing and implementation of innovative solutions to service delivery conundrums – transversal [inter-departmental] solutions where indicated and appropriate.
- Having access to and making use of human and financial resources within various departments to facilitate service delivery solutions’ implementation
- Building inter-departmental relationships via transversal service delivery solutions and implementation.
- Identifying excellence in human resources and building upon that culture within Western Cape Government.
- Global and local funding: mandated by Western Cape Government to meet with captains of industry as well as global leaders/funders, to tie up additional private sector funding towards achieving more efficient service delivery.
- Writing of business plans and strategies to appropriate funding effectively.
- Auditing existing Western Cape Government assets and putting plans in place to effect cost savings, enhance operational efficiencies, and where possible, raise additional funding via these Western Cape Government assets, towards key service delivery areas.
- Project managing key strategic [hot button] Western Cape Government projects, as allocated by the Premier and MEC’s – to ensure delivery happens seamlessly and on time; mandated to do whatever is required to deliver projects, including working around red tape that may hamper service delivery.
- Working with key local stakeholders – such as Cape Town Partnership, City of Cape Town, and Accelerate Cape – to ensure co-operative governance and effective service delivery and innovative solutions.
- Access to overall Western Cape Government Advertising and Marketing Budget and input into preparation of professional Brand/Marketing strategies and plans to ensure effective use of funds in line with the greater service delivery goals.
- Available to all MEC’s to assist with business, marketing, operational and financial plans and strategies – as and when required.
- Be available for meetings and in general both at the designated office[s] within WP Government as well as at a Home Office as set up by the contractor.
- Make available the contractor’s home office space and adjacent areas to, inter alia: produce output, concomitant with the contractual obligations, host and accommodate stakeholders, local and foreign dignitaries as and when required; run workshops, take meetings and entertain guests, related to the obligations within this contract.
(c) (i) Duration: 1 October 2010 – 31 December 2012
(ii) The consultant worked a maximum of 169 hours per month.
(iii) The consultant was paid R 535 per hour and no billing was done for hours worked over and above 169 hours per month.
