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    Assessing the extent to which vetting can promote good governance in the Department of Home Affairs
    (2019) Shezi, Zama
    This is a study of the vetting process as carried out in South African state departments. The objective of the study is to set out the strengths and weaknesses of the vetting process and to determine the implications the process has on accountability and good governance. The research site is the Department of Home-Affairs’ (DHA) Immigration Services at OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA). This site is chosen in light of the Ministerial instruction given in 2017, to vet all officials at the airport as a measure to combat the widespread criminal activity and corruption that has become the focus of much media attention. Vetting forms part of the Minimum Information Security Standards (MISS) and the Minimum Ant-Corruption Capacity (MACC) policy. Vetting is defined as a systematic process of investigation to determine security competence (Mdluli, 2011), wherein security competence is the ability of an official to work responsibly and not misuse state information (Molapo, 2017). This study was done qualitatively using semi-structured interviews as the instrument for data collection. The results of the study show that vetting falls short in its attempt to promote good governance and accountability. The DHA and other state departments need to do much more to improve the execution and enforcement of the vetting process.
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    Security vetting in the Department of Home Affairs
    (2017) Molapo, Kgaugelo
    This is a report on Security Vetting in the Department of Home Affairs. The South African Public Service (including the Department of Home Affairs) as an employer has an obligation to deliver services in an accountable and transparent manner and because of that people who obtain employment in the public sector are expected to possess a high level of integrity and professional ethics. The Security Screening Investigation (SSI) commonly known as Security Vetting or Vetting was introduced in government departments with the objective of ensuring that all the individuals employed in government with access to classified information possess the qualities that will enable them “not to cause classified information or material to fall into unauthorised hands, thereby harming or endangering the security and/or interests of the State”. The process of vetting is, however, the mandate of the State Security Agency (SSA), with the responsibility of a larger portion of the vetting process while the smaller portion of the function lies with some government departments, of which the DHA is one. It has been observed that regardless of the decentralization of the functions of vetting by the SSA, there are still challenges that are experienced in DHA with the current vetting approach/strategy. This study was undertaken with the purpose of identifying and describing the challenges relating to the current vetting process in the DHA and as a follow-up to determine the possibility of establishing a strategy that will address the current shortcomings. Interviews were undertaken with Home Affairs officials to collect data on the effectiveness and efficiency of the current vetting strategy in the department, the challenges and the shortcomings concerning vetting, as well as how vetting strategy can be constructed in order to alleviate the challenges and the shortcomings. The findings indicate that the current vetting strategy is neither effective nor efficient. The report further indicates that there are several challenges with the current vetting strategy in DHA, such as DHA reliance on SSA for the completion of the vetting process, a shortage of vetting officers in the department, delayed turnaround times on the conclusion of the vetting process as well as failure in the implementation of the vetting strategy. The conclusion is that the current vetting strategy needs to be reviewed and improved.
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