NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 544
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04 November 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 34)
Mr S H Plaatjie (COPE-NW) to ask the Minister of Health:
What are the reasons for his department having incurred irregular
expenditure of R5.7 billion in the 2009-10 financial year?
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REPLY:
As per the audit report on infrastructure, irregular expenditure was
incurred at provincial level, between the Departments of Public Works and
in some instances Health Departments, for cases where appropriate supply
chain regulations were not followed.
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