NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 621
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 25 November 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 39)
Mr M J R de Villiers (DA-WC) to ask the Minister of Health:
(a) Which provinces have failed to adhere to the financial guidelines in
respect of making payments to suppliers for services rendered within the
agreed payment periods (b) which suppliers have not been paid within the
payment periods, (c) how long have these payments been (i) in arrears and
(ii) overdue and (d) what (i) services and (ii) supplies were rendered?
CW758E
REPLY:
Provinces have replied to the above questions as follows:-
Eastern Cape:
The Eastern Cape has provided a list of all suppliers with details of
services and supplies rendered.
30 â 60 days = R 45,868,051.48
60 â 90 days = R 32,633,011.91
90 â 120 days = R 69,271,878.45
120+ days = R 76,091,714.28
Grand total = R 223,864,656.12
Free State:
The Free State provided a comprehensive list of all suppliers whose
accounts are older than 30 days.
The totals are â
30 â 60 days = R 2,018,258.05
60 â 90 days = R 1,118,985,58
90+ days = R 2,984,662,53
Grand Total = R 6,121,906.16
Gauteng:
Gauteng responded that their outstanding accounts totalled R
2,299,175,918.00, which were rendered by the following suppliers â (a
comprehensive list is provided)
Food and Food supplies
Blood
Laboratory Services
Medical Waste
Security
Cleaning
Pharmaceuticals
Medical consumables, services, devices and equipment
Stationery
Legal Services
Municipalities (Transfers and services)
Fuel, oil and Gas
Ambulance Services
Nursing Agencies
Amounts owing to MEDSAS are :-
Current = R 98,905,176.81
30 â 60 days = R 82,988,389.51
60 â 90 days = R 57,908,569.62
90 - 120 days = R 82,240,640.93
120 + days = R 153,443,081.57
Grand Total = R 475,461,758.44
KwaZulu-Natal:
KwaZulu-Natal has provided a list of all suppliers whose accounts are
outstanding for 30 days and longer.
Total of Amount = R 14,113,786.67
Limpopo:
31 â 60 = R 19,523,560 77
61 â 90 = R 3, 116,097.49
91 â 120 = R 1,723 099.59
120 + = R 943, 905.47
a) Most payments were payments due to SANBS due to the late delivery of
invoice as arranged with parastatal. Unavailability and the slowness
of the system (BAS) also contributed to invoices piling up.
b) The department requested SITA for the Age Analysis report as
departments do not have the function to print the report.
Unfortunately the report is in terms of payment numbers and not
entities. It is not practicable to go into the system and match the
payment numbers with entities given the magnitude of the report.
Mpumalanga:
Below is a list of those suppliers have not been paid within the payment
periods.
|Supplier |c(i)(AREAS) |(ii) OVERDUE|(ii) OVERDUE|Total Amount |
| |30-60 days |60-90 days |90-360 days | |
|Eskom | | | | |
| |76,658.19 |1,342.27 |2,303.90 |80,304.36 |
|NHLS | | | | |
| |893,030.61 |415,070.93 |202,461.48 |1,510,563.02 |
|Air liquid| | | | |
| |19,228.54 |4,823.00 |107,879.79 |131,931.33 |
|SANBS | | | | |
| |10,694.32 |407,088.94 |295,302.02 |713,085.28 |
|Other |1,214,118.33|356,725.73 |4,120,183.10|5,691,027.16 |
|TOTAL | | | | |
| |2,213,729.99|1,185,050.87|4,728,130.29|8,126,911.15 |
|Service |<30 days | Sum of | Sum of | Sum of | Sum of total |
| | |c(i)(AREAS|(ii) |(ii) |due |
| | |) 30-60 |OVERDUE |OVERDUE) | |
| | |days |60-90 days|90-360 | |
| | | | |days | |
|Rentals | | | | | |
| |139,234.51|77,729.55 |31,522.18 |336,657.55|445,909.28 |
|Other | | | | | |
| |7,226,220.|808,797.39|261,634.71|3,683,946.|11,980,598.32 |
| |20 | | |02 | |
|Accommodati| | | | | |
|on |141,142.66|326,547.31|63,568.84 |90,513.56 |621,772.37 |
|Electricity| | | | | |
| |76,454.06 |76,658.19 |1,342.27 |2,303.90 |156,758.42 |
|Medical | | | | | |
|equipment |210,702.16|1,044.08 |- |9,065.97 |220,812.21 |
|Lab test | | | | | |
| |374,476.04|893,030.61|415,070.93|202,461.48|1,885,039.06 |
|Medical gas| | | | | |
| |57,219.03 |19,228.54 |4,823.00 |107,879.79|189,150.36 |
|Blood | | | | | |
| |- |10,694.32 |407,088.94|295,302.02|713,085.28 |
|TOTALS | | | | | |
| |8,225,448.|2,213,729.|1,185,050.|4,728,130.|16,213,125.30 |
| |66 |99 |87 |29 | |
Northern Cape:
The Northern Cape has submitted the following table detailing the accounts
not paid.
|ECONOMIC |Invoices |Invoices |Invoices received |
|CLASSIFICATION |received and not|received and |and not yet paid |
| |yet paid |not yet paid |More than 60 DAYS |
| |0 â 30 DAYS |30 â 60 DAYS | |
|Â |Quantity|Amount |Quantit|Amount |Quantity |Amount |
| | | |y | | | |
|Â |Â |Râ000 |Â |Râ000 |Â |Râ000 |
|Current payments |2320 |49,829 |1433 |32,688 |1305 |18,224 |
|Payment to capital |10 |1,206 |3 |84 |0 |0 |
|assets | | | | | | |
|Transfers and |14 |224 |0 |0 |6 |18 |
|subsidies | | | | | | |
North West:
A list of names of suppliers who have not been within the payment periods
has been furnished. Accounts are in arrears for periods ranging from two
to six months.
Most of the above suppliers relate to medical and surgical consumables.
This was due to a change from outsourcing to in-sourcing of pharmaceutical
services. The process of registering the suppliers on the Financial System
took more time than was anticipated, however the Provincial Treasury has
been of assistance in resolving the matter.
Western: Cape:
The Auditor â General (AG) identified isolated instances where payments
were not made within 30 days, but in the majority of instances, this is due
to incomplete and incorrect information provided by the suppliers,
resulting in the department requesting changes to the invoices, disputing
invoices or requesting corrected information.Â
The Department pays the NHLS on time to benefit from the discounts for
early payments.
END.