Exploring the perceptions of managers concerning the trainee audit programme as an employment equity tool at the Auditor General of South Africa

Abstract

Suid-Afrika is 'n land met baie wette, en een daarvan is die Wet op Gelyke Indiensneming (EEA), No. 55 van 1998. Die EEA het in 1998 in werking getree met die doelwitte om gelyke geleenthede en billike behandeling in indiensnemingspraktyke te bevorder. In reaksie op die vereiste van die EEA het die ouditeur-generaal van Suid-Afrika (OGSA) se EE-beleid ten doel om konsekwentheid onder werknemers te verseker wanneer EE in die werkplek geïmplementeer word. Ten spyte van die EE-beleid wat bestaan en gereeld hersien word, en 'n spesifieke opleiding- en ontwikkelingsprogram vir leerlingouditeure (TA) wat ontwerp is om die poel opgeleide werknemers uit alle aangewese groepe te vergroot, slaag die OGSA steeds nie daarin om hul teikens te bereik soos uiteengesit in hul EE-plan nie. Die studie was bedoel om die volgende vraag te beantwoord: wat is die ouditeur-generaal van Suid-Afrika bestuurders se persepsies oor die leerling oudit (TA)-program as deel van hul gelyke indiensneming (EE) implementeringsplan van aksie? Kwalitatiewe navorsing is toegepas. Dertien deelnemers is met behulp van doelgerigte steekproefneming geïdentifiseer. Semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude is gebruik om data in te samel. As deel van die inhoudsanalise is die getranskribeerde onderhoude met behulp van ATLAS.ti ontleed.

Die resultate het aan die lig gebring dat sommige deelnemers nie saamgestem het dat die TA-program 'n komponent van EE is nie. Soveel as wat die resultate getoon het dat die meeste deelnemers die TA-program as 'n pyplyn gesien het wat bestuur kan gebruik om vakatures te vul, is EE volgens die deelnemers nie oorweeg tydens die werwing van die leerling ouditeure nie. Die studie is beperk deur die feit dat dit slegs op hierdie organisasie gesentreer is, en geen ander organisasie in Suid-Afrika vervul dieselfde mandaat as die AGSA in die openbare sektor nie.

South Africa is a country with many laws, and one of them is the Employment Equity Act (EEA), No. 55 of 1998. The EEA came into effect in 1998 with the objective to promote equal opportunities and fair treatment in employment. In response to the requirement of the EEA the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA’s) EE policy aims to ensure consistency among employees when implementing EE in the workplace. However, despite the EE policy that exists and is frequently reviewed, and a specific Trainee Auditors (TA) training and development programme designed to increase the pool of trained employees from all designated groups, the AGSA still fails to achieve their targets as set out in their EE plan. The study intended to answer the following question: what are Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) managers' perceptions about the trainee audit (TA) programme as part of their employment equity (EE) implementation plan of action? Qualitative research was applied. Thirteen participants were identified using a purposive sampling strategy. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. As part of the content analysis, the transcribed interviews were analysed using ATLAS.ti. The findings revealed that some participants disagreed that the TA programme is a component of EE. As much as the findings showed that most participants saw the TA programme as a pipeline that management could use to fill vacancies, EE, according to the participants, was not considered during the recruitment of trainee auditors. The study was limited by the fact that it is only centred on this organisation, and no other organisation in South Africa fulfils the same mandate as the AGSA in the public sector.

Afrika Borwa ke naga yeo e nago le melao e mentši, gomme e nngwe ya yona ke Molao wa Tekatekano ya Mešomo (EEA), No. 55 wa 1998. EEA e thomile go šoma ka 1998 ka maikemišetšo a go godiša dibaka tše di swanago le go swarwa ka toka mošomong. Go arabela dinyakwa tša EEA Mohlakišikakaretšo wa Afrika Borwa (AGSA) e ikemišeditše go netefatša go ba le kgotlelelo gare ga bašomi ge go tsenywa tirišong EE ka lefelong la mošomo. Le ge go le bjalo, go sa šetšwe pholisi ya EE yeo e lego gona ebile e lekolwa ka mehla, le lenaneo la tlhahlo le le itšego la Tlhahlo ya Trainee (TA) le hlamilwego go oketša letamo la bašomi bao ba hlahlišitšwego go tšwa go dihlopha ka moka tše di kgethilwego, AGSA e sa dutše e palelwa ke go fihlelela maikemišetšo a bona bjalo ka ge go beakantšwe mo leanong la bona la EE. Thuto ye e be e ikemišeditše go araba potšišo ye e latelago: ke ditemogo dife tša balaodi ba Molaodipharephare wa Afrika Borwa mabapi le lenaneo la tlhahlobo ya batlwaetši (TA) bjalo ka karolo ya leano la bona la phethagatšo la tekatekano ya mešomo (EE)? Go ile gwa dirišwa nyakišišo ya boleng. Batšeakarolo ba lesometharo ba ile ba lemogwa ka go šomiša go tšea mehlala ka morero. Dipoledišano tše di sego tša rulaganywa ka botlalo di šomišitšwe go kgoboketša datha. Bjalo ka karolo ya tshekatsheko ya diteng, dipoledišano tše di ngwadilwego di sekasekilwe ka go šomiša ATLAS.ti. Dipoelo di utollotše gore batšwasehlabelo ba bangwe ba be ba sa dumelelane le gore lenaneo la TA ke karolo ya EE. Le ge dipoelo di bontšhitše gore bontši bja batšwasehlabelo ba bone lenaneo la TA bjalo ka phaephe yeo bolaodi bo ka e šomišago go tlatša dikgoba tša mošomo, EE go ya ka batšwasehlabelo e be e sa naganelwe nakong ya go thwala ga bahlahlobi ba batlwaetši. Thuto ye e be e lekanyeditšwe ke gore e tsepame fela go mokgatlo wo, gomme ga go mokgatlo wo mongwe ka Afrika Borwa wo o phethagatšago taelo ye e swanago le ya AGSA ka lefapheng la mmušo.