(1. a) The National Department of Health has one Corporate Bursary Programme which targets only employees of the National Department of Health and its satellite offices.
(b) (i) The funding allocation for audited years:
Audited Year |
Allocation |
Expenditure |
2020/21 |
R1,200,000.00 |
R408,240.88 |
2021/22 |
R1,500,000.00 |
R746,040.45 |
(ii)
The department has only 1 Corporate Service Bursary programme.
(c) Employees who received bursaries are as follows:
Audited Year |
Number of beneficiaries |
2020/21 |
06 |
2021/22 |
16 |
2022/23 |
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(d) The department did not encounter any irregularity for the audited financial years and as such did not lose any money. The programme is audited on a regular basis and no findings were flagged during the audited financial years.
(2) (a) there are no officials that were suspended, disciplined and/or dismissed because there has not been any reported irregularly in relation to the bursaries offered by the National Department of Health.
(b) based on the response in part (a) above, the question is therefore not applicable
(c) based on the response in part (a) above, the question is therefore not applicable
(d) based on the response in part (a) above, the question is therefore not applicable
(3) There are no officials that were suspended, disciplined and/or dismissed because there has not been any reported irregularly in relation to the bursaries offered by the National Department of Health
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