Premier

1. Total number of internships provided by the 11 departments (excluding Health and Education):

(b)       What was the average stipend paid to interns during this period

Interns are paid a stipend directed by the DPSA regulations.  Please find attached average stipend the interns received:

(c)        How many interns were permanently employed by the Western Cape Government following the completion of their internships during the same period?

Response:

The Public Service Regulations do not provide for absorption into positions.  Interns apply for vacant positions, go through a selection process and get appointed in employment opportunities after completion of the Programme, noting the limited funded vacancies available in the Public Service.  The main purpose of internship programme is to develop skills of the participants in terms of preparing them for either employment, further studies or self-employment opportunities, including small and informal business opportunities.

The table below sets out the detail

(a)       Total number of internships provided by the Department of Education:

1. WCED PAY internship programme 2019 – 2022

The intake for 2021 and 2022 was lower due to the intake of approximately 20 000 Presidential Youth Employment Initiative Assistants

2. Stipend for pay interns from 2019 until 2022 was R4 237.25. In 2022 stipend increased to R4 429.95

2. WCED graduate internship programme 2019 – 2022

Stipend for graduates was R6 083.70 from 2019 until 2021. In 2022 stipend increased to R6 360.20

(a)       Total number of internships provided by the Department of Health:

1. MEDICAL AND HEALTH RELATED STATUTORY INTERNSHIPS

Numbers of Statutory Interns

Notes:

1. All interns are registered with the relevant professional council (Medical interns and Clinical Psychologist Interns with HPCSA, and Pharmacist interns with South African Pharmacy Council).
2. The internship forms part of their statutory professional training.
3. The medical internship is of two years duration while the Pharmacist and Clinical Psychologist is one year each.
4. Interns are placed into funded posts on the establishment and receive a salary.  They apply for these posts via the Intern and Community Service Programme (ICSP) at the National Department of Health level (NDOH)
5. As statutory interns they form part of the service platform.
6. Once they have completed their internship, interns in each of the categories, must again apply for a 12-month community service post through the ICSP.  They may apply for a placement anywhere in the country.

2. INTERNSHIPS: STRUCTURED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

*since 2011

**148 employed in Public Sector, 128 in private sector

***all employable in public or private sector

Notes:

1. The Pharmacist Assistant project recruits Learner PA every two years.  The PBPA qualification is a two-year qualification. 
2. Learners are registered with the South African Pharmacy Council, first as Basic Learners and then as they progress after one year, as Post-Basic Learner Pharmacist Assistants.
3. The EPWP PA project was established in 2011 and from 2011 to 2022 have recruited 513 learners of which, 446 have qualified as PBPAs.
4. The WCG: Health and Wellness have employed 363 PBPAs from the 446 PBPA who qualified.
5. Currently 602 PBPAs are employed by the WCG: Health and Wellness of which 60% are PBPAs trained by the EPWP PA project.