Question NW814 to the Minister of Transport
09 June 2020 - NW814
Sithole, Mr KP to ask the Minister of Transport
What amount has his department budgeted for (a) sanitisers and (b) masks that public transport commuters need to curb the spread of Covid-19?
Reply:
The Department did not for see the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at the commencement of the previous financial year and had therefore not budgeted for the pandemic. The department has however approached the National Treasury to solicit an approval for the reprioritization of the budget to provide for the non-pharmaceutical interventions to respond to the pandemic and to mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus. Approval is awaited for the request from the National Treasury