National Departments
1. Table 1 below provides the total Rand value of invoices older than 30 days that were not paid as at 31 December 2020.
Table 1: National Departments: Rand value of Unpaid Invoices as at 31 December 2020
No. |
National Department |
Rand Value |
1 |
Cooperative Governance |
R 17,850 |
2 |
Police |
R 71,674 |
3 |
Home Affairs |
R 636,813 |
4 |
Statistics South Africa |
R 832,404 |
5 |
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities |
R 1,712,016 |
6 |
Mineral Resources and Energy |
R 4,311,452 |
7 |
Public Works and Infrastructure including PMTE |
R 51,673,929 |
8 |
Water and Sanitation including Trading Entity |
R 357,636,505 |
Total Rand Value |
R 416,892,642 |
Provincial Departments
(2)(a) Table 2 below provides the total Rand value of invoices older than 30 days that were not paid as at 31 December 2020.
Table 2: Provincial Departments: Rand value of Unpaid Invoices at the end of December 2020
No. |
Provincial Government |
Rand Value |
1 |
Northern Cape |
R 517,636 |
2 |
Western Cape |
R 600,546 |
3 |
Limpopo |
R 28,471,372 |
4 |
Mpumalanga |
R 97,788,753 |
5 |
Kwazulu-Natal |
R 104,363,510 |
6 |
Free State |
R 112,778,551 |
7 |
North West |
R 351,858,302 |
8 |
Gauteng |
R 389,973,533 |
9 |
Eastern Cape |
R 2,114,327,450 |
Total Rand Value |
R 3,200,679,654 |
b) Table 3 below provides a list of provinces that are worst performing in terms of payment of suppliers within the prescribed period.
Table 3: Worst performing provincial departments in each province at the end of December 2020
No. |
Provincial Government |
Rand Value 31 December 2020 |
Worst offenders (Department) |
Rand Value 31 March 2021 |
% |
1 |
Northern Cape |
R 517,636 |
Education |
R 517,636 |
100% |
2 |
Western Cape |
R 600,546 |
Education |
R 600,546 |
100% |
3 |
Limpopo |
R 28,471,372 |
Health |
R 18,000,716 |
63% |
4 |
Mpumalanga |
R 97,788,753 |
Health |
R 97,788,753 |
100% |
5 |
Kwazulu-Natal |
R 104,363,510 |
Education |
R 71,235,451 |
68% |
6 |
Free State |
R 112,778,551 |
Health |
R 64,549,129 |
57% |
7 |
North West |
R 351,858,302 |
Health |
R 327,595,920 |
93% |
8 |
Gauteng |
R 389,973,533 |
Health |
R 342,257,759 |
88% |
9 |
Eastern Cape |
R 2,114,327,450 |
Health |
R 2,025,125,297 |
96% |
R 3,200,679,654 |
R 2,947,671,207 |
92% |
Provincial departments of Health and Education contributed 92% of the total rand value not paid by provincial departments as at December 2020.