NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 501
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 21/10/2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 32/2011)
Ms M W Makgate (ANC-NW) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
Whether her department has any additional grants to augment the current
budget in order to avoid the shortfall of payments that are resulting in
service providers not being paid in time as a result of the recurring
practice (details furnished); if not, what is the position in this regard;
if so, what are the relevant details? CW603E
Response
The Department of Basic Education does not have any additional grant to
augment the shortfall as it is the responsibility of the provincial
department. The learner transport in the North West has been moved from the
Department of Education to the Department of Public Works, Roads and
Transport within the province.