The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
(1) I was informed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) that:
(a) As at March 2020, there were 2265 properties that the DPWI was renting from private landlords to house government departments and/or institutions; and
(b) total payments on those buildings for the financial year ended 31 March 2020 amounted to R5 billion. (See ANNEXURE A - a register of payments for each lease.)
(2) I was informed by the Department that when the DPWI migrated to new system to accommodate the lease-in functionality, there have been instances where overpayments occurred. The number of leases affected as a result of the overpayments were 305 with a total value of R66 million. From the R66 million overpayment an amount of R55 million has already been recovered and the balance of R11 million is being recovered.