DPSA Circular vacancies
Department of Land Reform And Rural Development

Surveyor-general

Salary or stipendR1 554 696 per annum (Level 14), (all-inclusive package). The package includes a basic salary (70% of package), and a flexible portion that may be structured in accordance with the rules for Senior Management Services (SMS).

The Department of Land Reform And Rural Development is looking for a Surveyor-general. This is a permanent role based in Gauteng Department Of Health.

Surveyor-General: Mpumalanga (Mbombela) 63Applications close 20 November 2026

Source: DPSA Circular 40 of 2026Post 40/57, page 62

Reference number
3/1/1/1/2026/333
Appointment
Permanent
Province
Gauteng Department Of Health
Closing date
20 November 2026
Job level
14
Centre
Surveyor-General: Mpumalanga (Mbombela) 63

What you will need

  • Minimum

Key responsibilities

  • Manage the approval of diagrams, general plans and sectional title plans that comply with legislation and prove tenure security and sustainable rural and urban development.
  • Examine for approval all cadastral documents (diagrams and general plans).
  • Examine for approval all cadastral documents (sectional plans) prepared in accordance with the Sectional Titles Act and all applicable statutory consents.
  • Examine for approval all cadastral documents prepared in accordance with the Mining Titles Registration Act or any other law requiring the approval of the Surveyor-General.
  • Archive, preserve and maintain the currency of all records pertaining to approved land parcels and land rights created in terms of the Land Survey Act and Sectional Titles Act and Regulations.
  • Ensure that all approved cadastral documents are registered and housed within a secure documents vault.
  • Ensure an electronic repository of scanned images to facilitate information provisioning.
  • Update, endorse, re- scan and re-archive the hard copy (original approved) documents because of any lawful approval, withdrawal, cancellation or change to cadastral information.
  • Accept and file survey records associated with cadastral surveys.
  • Maintain correspondence files relating to cadastral surveys for research purposes.
  • Ensure the compilation of a complete, accurate, current and correct cadastral spatial information dataset.
  • Update the cadastral geo-spatial database through the addition of every approved cadastral land parcel.
  • Ensure that management information systems are created to provide timely and accurate management information constantly.
  • Comply with the custodianship responsibility of cadastral spatial information as directed by the South African Spatial Data Infrastructure Act and the Committee on Spatial Information established thereunder.
  • Train Professional Land Surveyors, Geomatics Technologists, Survey Technicians and Geomatics Officers.
  • Train Professional Land Surveyors, Geomatics Technologists, and Geomatics Technicians in line with the registration requirements set by the South African Geomatics Council.
  • Provide in-house training to Geomatics Officers.
  • Draft circulars and notices when required.
  • Provide support to various programmes including Land and Tenure Reform and Restitution programmes and the Land Administration Institutions.
  • Provide technical support and advice as well as information from time to time.
  • Assist with research services.
  • Undertake field surveys and inspections to re-identify boundaries of state land properties and resolve boundary disputes.
  • Issue reports to court, certificates of remaining extent, closure of public places, maintenance of schedules.
  • Ensure effective financial management, human resource management and supply chain management.
  • Ensure effective budgeting and management of the Provincial Office.
  • Manage the recruitment and selection.
  • Ensure realisation of Employment Equity targets when filling vacancies.
  • Utilise Employee Performance Management and Development System (EPMDS) to measure staff performance on an on-going basis.
  • Manage labour relations matters.
  • Draft and implement management action plan on audit findings.
  • Manage supply chain processes.

Additional details

  • Grade: Provincial

How to apply

Applications can be submitted by hand delivery during office hours to: 17 Van Rensburg Street, 7th Floor Bateleur Building, Mbombela, 1200 or by email to [email protected]

  • Application method: Hand delivery
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Enquiries: Ms M Kekana
  • Telephone: (012) 312 8344

Please note

  • EE Targets: Coloured and White Males, and African, Coloured and Indian Females, and Persons with Disabilities.

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