Mpumalanga’s treasury in talks to take over health department
Parliament’s select committee on finance has expressed concern over the poor performance in provincial education and health departments. The committee was briefed by the National Treasury and the Mpumalanga provincial treasury on Tuesday on the preliminary outcomes of 2017-18 provincial expenditure‚ as at May 31. "The committee noted with concern the overall fiscal risk pertaining to the education and health sectors‚ as well as high accruals‚" the committee’s chairperson, Charel de Beer, said. "The committee agreed with National Treasury that skills capacity‚ particularly in project execution and planning, should be sought by departments to reduce underspending on certain spending items and conditional grants." According to the committee‚ Mpumalanga has a record of unauthorised spending and underspending‚ "indicating that employees are not doing their jobs‚ which has serious implications for service delivery". Mpumalanga provincial treasury MEC Sikhumbuzo Kholwane told the committee...
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