06 Aug 2015

Assistant Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Mr Dikgang Makgalemele says his ministry is not aware of any official documentation produced by the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) which classified veterinary surgeons in the same group as engineers.

Mr Makgalemele said the two disciplines had always been treated as different disciplines with separate career paths.

Furthermore, the assistant minister said his ministry had veterinary surgeons fall within the discipline of veterinary sciences, which as a result could not be categorised under health sciences like medical doctors, as instead they were veterinary scientists.

Mahalapye MP, Mr Joseph Molefhe had asked the minister if he was aware that veterinary surgeons were categorised in the same group as engineers according to the DPSM.

Mr Molefhe also wanted to know the motivation for classifying them in the same group as engineers, and why they were not categorised under health sciences, like medical doctors. Ends