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Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Photo: Neil Baynes
Limpopo faces a potential shortfall of R2 billion at the end of the financial year, the ministry of finance said on Thursday.
“Why has this situation come about in Limpopo? The province has large, accumulated unauthorised expenditure which has grown from R1.5bn in 2009 to R2.7bn 2011,” the ministry said in a statement.
The statement was released during a news briefing giving an update after the province was placed under administration in December.
The Cabinet put the province under administration after it emerged that Limpopo was bankrupt and could not pay civil servants, such as teachers and nurses.
In the department of health, the team found that:
- the province owed suppliers R138 million, but only half these payments, R67m, could be verified and approved for payment by December 23;
- R427m in assets had no supporting documents;
- there was R400m in irregular expenditure of goods and services, mostly medical equipment.
Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that in the province's education department there was no supply chain management, with the department not ordering pupil support material on time.
It accumulated unauthorised expenditure of R2.2bn and there was a R190m accrual of “stale debt” - money owed.
At least 200 “ghost” teachers were paid and there were 2400 excess teachers in the province.
Certain schools had not got the money they needed in 2011 for basics such as electricity and photocopying. - Sapa
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Anonymous, wrote
Anonymous, wrote
VANISHING POINT (capitalist colonialist) Hollywood movie starring Elliot Gould - Ever watched it? This is the same situation we find ourselves in - rather sooner than later this ANCIRCUS is going to smash against a huge Komatsu bulldozer ..... It will be painful and also innocent people will be hurt! - By when is the SA SpringSummer starting? Let's not wait until it's winter.... P A T H E T I C Clowns all over the place!
rwkreeft, wrote
and you want to tell me that all those overpaid and overweight idiots stil got the same job or for that matter any goverment job,this is a unbelieveble story that nobody got fired is beyond believe.thank you ANC for sitting on fat asses and doing fockel as usual and let the people on the ground suffer,and me as tax payer no valua for my effords.shame on you all
rwkreeft, wrote
and you want to tell me that all those overpaid and overweight idiots stil got the same job or for that matter any goverment job,this is a unbelieveble story that nobody got fired is beyond believe.thank you ANC for sitting on fat asses and doing fockel as usual and let the people on the ground suffer,and me as tax payer no valua for my effords.shame on you all
Anonymous, wrote
Juju says it wasnt him waving his hand while hes R140,000 Breitling shines the sun off the Lambo parked behind him, it was the Agents in the ANC trying to undermine his popularity with the youth.
Anonymous, wrote
Well done Limpopo, R2billion is 110th of all that disappeared last year. Very impressive, the Zuma clan thanks you for your hard work! Now lets find out who was the main culprit so they can be promoted to stay at home and earn [alleged] criminal status while “suspended”.
Anonymous, wrote
as always this storie will die a silent death and nothing will come from it. We the tax payer must just pay pay pay :(
aNON, wrote
robyn, wrote
so does unathorised payments mean people are going to be prosecuted and have to pay it back and go to jail ..... surely this is what it means ????? Anyone voting ANC after what is happening in this country this i money that is being stolen, wasted and ANC voters are you happy about this because this could buil clinics , schools, hospitals , build houses etc etc
ceebee, wrote
This is exactly what you get from the ANC cadre's. Corruption and gross mismanagement goes along with the severe lack of education. ANC needs to be removed!
Jd, wrote
Everyone is pointing Malema and Mathale with poor fingers but forget who the real culprits are!! The HOD's, the Mayors within municipalities, the Municipal Managers, The CFO's of those departments, why are those pp allowing unauthorized transactions to go through? why does their payment systems allow unathorized claims to go through? This might take the whole day and still wont be any solution cos even the people on the ground are the ones taking our government to the ground. You cant bid for a construction project while your company is dealing with catering, how do you expect to win that tender? Yes kick-back.... so before pointing Malema and Mathale please take a look in the mirror cos you are still going to put them in office again, so why the hoohaa?
Anonymous, wrote
George, wrote
Dick Long, wrote
Jason Thorpe, wrote
Not suprised, been talking the same talk for years. Sorry decade to decade. When will this stop?
Fred, wrote
Anonymous, wrote
Can't understand what people are complaining about. If they cared, then why did they vote ANC. People in Limpopo wanted the ANC in and voted them in, so it's exactly what the people want!
^_^, wrote
Anonymous, wrote
Unauthorised expenditures - well now isnt that surprising. Fire the lot of them. Bunch of idiots in charge.
SloJoe, wrote
@Sinies, Why do you have to classify 'Malema's backers' as indian rather than just backers? People like you are the ones who draw up divisions, no doubt you are White! You complain when Malema classifies all whites as rascist (which I am sure not all are), yet people like you like to sow seeds of division. Get a life! Malema's backers are [allegedly] corrupt individuals, white, black, indian or coloured, there are many. Stop seeing colour wherever you look and try to identify yourself as a South African before you see yourself as White.
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