NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 112
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 24 February 2012
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 02)
Mrs E C van Lingen (DA-EC) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) Whether all municipal accounts of a certain hospital (name furnished)
have been paid in full to the Baviaans Municipality; if not, (a) when
will these accounts be paid and (b) who is responsible for the
payment; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether his department has put any measures in place to ensure that
the said hospital pays its municipal accounts in time; if not, why
not; if so, what (a) measures and (b) are the further relevant
details;
(3) whether his department will launch an investigation into why
municipal accounts are not paid within 30 days; if not, why not; if
so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY:
1) The Department has the following accounts with the Baviaans
Municipality:
|Account Name |Account |Municipality Services|Outstanding |
| |Number | |Balance |
|Willowmore Hospital |17-101-206 |Reading Electricity |R 65Â 439.83 |
| | |Water | |
| | |Sewerage | |
| | |Refuse | |
|Willowmore Clinic |11-131-906 |Prepaid Electricity |R 1Â 329.10 |
| | |Water | |
| | |Sewerage | |
| | |Refuse | |
|Ambulance Services |14-118-715 |Reading Electricity |R 779.71 |
|(EMS) | |Water | |
| | |Sewerage | |
| | |Refuse | |
|Steytlerville Hospital| |Prepaid Electricity |n/a |
| | |
|Total Outstanding |R 67Â 548.64 |
a) An amount of R62 857.20 was paid to the municipality on account 17-101-
206 on the 16th of April 2012 and should be in the municipal account
on the 19th of April 2012. The differences of R2Â 582.63 will be paid
together with the March 2012 invoice which will be processed for the
20th March 2012 BAS run and the amount of R1Â 329.10 of account 11-131-
906 and R779.71 will be processed with all other accounts of
institutions in the Camdeboo Area.
b) The following persons are responsible to effect the payments:-
|Name |Designation |Contact Number |
|Mrs. Gloria Ngcukana |District Manager |083Â 378 0145 |
|Mr. Spelele Galada |District Finance |083Â 378 1818 |
| |Manager | |
2) The Department will issue forms acknowledging debt to the municipality
indicating the dates we will be paying in the new financial year.
This is an internal control measure that we use to ensure that our
creditors are ensured of our commitment to pay in a future date.
The Department will not be conducting the investigation because the
reason for non-payment is due to depletion of funds, in other words
the budget has been exhausted. When the budget is exhausted, all
payments are not processed. As soon as the budget is loaded in the BAS
and Provincial Treasury issues a certificate to spend the budget, the
Department will pay the outstanding amounts.
END.