Ombud Council AR 2026

PART C: GOVERNANCE

• Board Governance Committees In terms of section 187 of the FSR Act (2017), the Board must establish a committee to review, monitor and advise on the remuneration policy and a committee to review monitor and advise the Board on the risks faced by the Council. In addition, section 51(1)(a)(ii) of the PFMA requires the Council to have an Audit Committee. In view of the scale of the Council’s operations and the small number of Board members, it was decided to combine the audit oversight with risk management and human resources with

remuneration. The following Committees were established: • Audit and Risk Management Committee. • Remuneration and Human Resources Committee 6 . The following is the list of the members for each of these Committees, their roles in these Committees and the number of meetings held and attended during the year. The number of meetings held includes four scheduled meetings for each Committee, as well as one special meeting.

Table 11: Roles and responsibilities and meeting attendance of Committee members

No of meetings held

No of meetings attended

Name of Committee

Name

Designation

Audit & Risk Committee

Ms Lebogang Senne Chairperson

5 5 5 5 5 5 5

4 3 5 5 5 5 5

Ms Charmaine Soobramoney

Deputy Chairperson

Adv. Dikeledi Chabedi

Member

Mr Nico Esterhuizen Member

Remuneration and Human Resources Committee

Mr Adam Horowitz

Chairperson

Mr Emmanel Lekgau Deputy Chairperson Ms Leanne Jackson Member, Chief Ombud

with section 175(3) of the FSR Act (2017), the Chairperson (not the Board) is the Accounting Authority of the Council, which entails additional tasks and responsibilities. Mr Unathi Kamlana and Ms Leanne Jackson are not remunerated for serving on the Board, due to their ex officio roles on the Board. The Council enrolled for Corporate membership of the Institute of Directors of South Africa (IoDSA) and funded the annual subscription of R3,289.00 per member for five of the Board members. The amount of remuneration paid to each Board and Committee member for the attendance of Board and Committee meetings is listed in the Table below under “Remuneration”. These payments include remuneration for meeting preparation time. The amount shown under “other reimbursements” relates to attendance of workshops held during the period under review, travel claims and incidental expenses not related to meeting attendance.

With the exception of Mr Esterhuizen, who was appointed to the Audit and Risk Committee from 1 February 2025, all Committee members are also members of the Board. • Remuneration of Board members The remuneration of Board members is determined according to the applicable National Treasury circular and guidelines. 4 The rates during the financial year are as follows: 1. Board member: R579.00 per hour with a maximum rate of R4,629.00 per day. 2. Vice-Chairperson: R631.00 per hour with a maximum rate of R5,050.00 per day. 3. Chairperson: R744.00 per hour with a maximum rate of R5,950.00 per day. 53 The indicated rates are sitting fees and exclusive of payments for preparation, research and travelling time to and from meeting venues. The meeting preparation time is based on an hourly rate and more than five hours preparation time requires a motivation from the Board member. The Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson also claimed for incidental costs. It should be noted that in accordance 5 The Remuneration and HR Committee also has a mandate to address the Social & Ethics considerations of the Ombud Council.

Ombud Council 2025/26 Annual Report

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