Government departments underspent almost R16bn in 2022/23
The department of social development was the main contributor after introducing a more stringent income test for social relief of distress grant applicants
30 May 2023 - 15:44
The government underspent R15.8bn in the 2022/23 fiscal year — 1.4% of its available budget of R1.1-trillion — with the department of social development the biggest culprit.
Treasury deputy director-general of public finance Mampo Modise said social development’s under-expenditure of R6.4bn, or 2.6% of its budget, was the result of lower-than-expected payments of its R350 monthly Covid-19 social relief of distress grant...
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