1. The Office of the Premier in the Western Cape recently instructed the WCED to finalise all SPMDS performance appraisals, including the moderating process for the 2009/2010 cycle, by 28 May 2010.
2. The instruction necessitated an amendment to the due dates provided in Internal Human Capital Management Minute 0001/2010, which also provided the schedule for the finalising of the 2009-2010 SPMDS cycle.
3. The initial closing date for the submission of the final performance appraisals, i.e. 28 May 2010, has now been changed to 30 April 2010.
4. All the Annexures (A-G) must be submitted by the new date. Those who have already submitted Annexures A, B, C1 and C2 must submit the rest of the Annexures by the new date.
5. Line managers and supervisors must ensure that all the Annexures are completed and signed by the appropriate officials.
6. It is of the utmost importance that the moderation begins immediately after 30 April 2010 so that moderation can be completed by 28 May 2010.
7. Chairpersons and panellists will be selected in terms of the stipulated moderation requirements, which will be sent to the selected officials during the course of this month.
8. It is important for the selected chairpersons and panellists to draw up an appropriate moderation schedule to ensure completion of moderation by 28 May 2010.
9. Kindly bring the content of this minute to the attention of all public service staff under your supervision.


SIGNED: PA VINJEVOLD
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2010:04:20