The National Treasury does not have information on the number of municipal employees doing business with the State, as such cases are not reported to the National Treasury. However, the National Treasury has data from Central Supplier Database which has been compared to payments data (Basic Accounting System) from the National and Provincial Departments. The following number of individuals (municipal employees) are linked to businesses that have been paid through BAS by National or Provincial Departments:
Financial Year |
Number of Officials |
2019/20 |
1086 |
2021/21 |
890 |
2021/22 |
657 |
It must be noted that the data above is based purely on identity number matches and has not been interrogated further to ascertain whether there is any wrongdoing.