Deputy Chairperson, members of the House, information provided by National Treasury or national department's non-compliance with the payment of suppliers by government does not differentiate between large, small, medium and micro suppliers. It provides for data in terms the payment of the invoices in general without categorisation. This affects reporting in terms data, specific to Small Medium Micro Enterprises, SMMEs, and limits the ability to conduct the necessary analysis, to the extent to which they affected by delayed or non- payment, however according to National Treasury, for the period covering May 2019- September 2019 or non-compliance with the payment of suppliers by government departments. The total rand value of invoices paid after 30 days by national departments amounted to R3 100 354 225, which is a total of 68 566 invoices. The total rand value of invoices older than 30 days on not paid is R6 400 550 731, which is total of 8700 invoices.
In terms of the invoices paid after 30 days at the end of September 2019, the Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation reported the highest rand value which amounted to R1 300 800 579 of
the total of 5375 invoices, followed by the Department of Justice and Correctional Services with total rand value of R681 530 477 of 41 263 invoices. The Department of Defence reported a total rand value of R387 086 304 for 41 532 invoices. On the number of invoices older than 30 days or which are paid, the Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation reported the highest rand value which amounted to R54 000 228 059 for a total of 3099 invoices, while the Department of Public Works and Property Management Trading Entity, PMTE, reported a total rand value of R693 990 070 for a total of 4866 invoices, followed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs with a total rand value of R60 674 509 for 352 invoices.
On provincial departments the total rand value of invoice paid after
30 days by the provincial departments at the end of September 2019 amounted to R13 508 307 719, which is a total of 116 780 invoices. The total rand value of invoices older than 30 days or not paid is R2 500 520 003, which is a total of 228 227 invoices. The report indicates that the Eastern Cape Province reported the highest number of invoices paid after 30 days, which a total rand value of R6 200 994 369 for 434 829 invoices, followed by Gauteng Province
with the total rand value of R2 264 683 644 for the total of 25 302
invoices and lastly KwaZulu-Natal with a total rand value of R1 723 862 552 for a total of 10 257 invoices.
The report further indicates the Gauteng Province report the highest rand value on invoices older than 30 days or not paid with a rand value of R8 436 734 513 for a total of 10 155 invoices. This is followed by the Eastern Province with a total rand value of R7 374 927 108 for total value of 57 754 invoices and the Orange Free State Province with a total rand of R1 420 464 240 for a total 6518 invoices. The National Treasury has indicated that ...