Western Cape health department puts up a fight against budget cuts
Damage would take years to repair, says incoming MEC as officials ask provincial treasury for reprieve
The Western Cape health department is lobbying the provincial treasury to spare it from budget cuts, as officials around the country grapple with the looming reductions signalled in the medium-term budget policy statement.
In October, finance minister Tito Mboweni announced that transfers to provinces and municipalities would be cut by a combined R40.8bn over the three-year medium-term expenditure framework. With a little over a month to go until the minister tables his budget in parliament on February 26, provincial departments are now putting their business cases to their respective treasuries in the hope of minimising the pain...
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