Question NW130 to the Minister of Finance
31 March 2021 - NW130
Schreiber, Dr LA to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)With reference to his reply to question 2000 on 14 October 2020 wherein he required the identification numbers, will he now advise whether any public funding of any nature whatsoever has been paid to (a) a certain person (name and details furnished) and (b) a certain person (name and details furnished) since 27 April 1994; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether there was an application of any nature to obtain state funding and/or tenders by the specified persons; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details
Reply:
1(a) National Treasury only has access to payments information from national and provincial departments using the BAS payment system. In order to search for information against individuals, the National Treasury would need the identification numbers as a search by names may result in inaccurate results.
1(b) A search was done on the BAS payment system for the period 1 April 2017 to date and no payments were found that were made to the entities or initiatives mentioned. (name and details furnished)
2 The National Treasury is not aware of any application of any nature to obtain state funding and/or tenders by the specified persons, entities and/or initiatives.