Question NW2396 to the Minister of Health

Reply:

The information provided is for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 Financial Years. The 2020/21 Financial Year is an update of the information that was submitted in March 2021. The information submitted in March 2021 was for Five Financial Years from 2015/16 Financial Year to 2020/21 Financial Year. The Information on 2020/21 Financial Year is now updated as when the information that was submitted in March was before the end of the Financial Year hence the submission of the updated information of the 2020/21

2020/21 FINANCIAL YEAR

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF NEW CASES RECEIVED	AMOUNT CLAIMED BY THE PLAINTIFFS[1]
Eastern Cape	Outstanding	Outstanding
Free State[2]	47 Cases	R 512 674 171.29
Gauteng[3]	77 Cases	R 873 785 433-55
KwaZulu Natal	329 Cases	R 727 706 522.00
Limpopo	215 Cases	R 1 764 652 099.00
Mpumalanga	132 Cases	R 1 058 442 000.00
North West	66 Cases	R 469 960 350.00
Northern Cape	15 Cases	R 531 716 811.04
Western Cape	65 Cases	R 529 995 591.10
TOTAL

 

2021/22 FINANCIAL YEAR

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF NEW CASES	AMOUNT CLAIMED BY THE PLAINTIFFS
Eastern Cape	Outstanding	Outstanding
Free State	21 Cases	R 246 850 920.00
Gauteng	53 Cases	R 560 370 586-90
KwaZulu Natal	205 Cases	R 1 578 054 150.00
Limpopo	167 Cases	R1 498 238 059.00
Mpumalanga	69 Cases	R 472 379 000
North West	31 Cases	R 215 496 610. 00
Northern Cape	11 Cases	R 169 616 789.42
Western Cape	39 Cases	R 319 202 451.00
TOTAL

END.

iThese are the amounts that the Plaintiffs think they are entitled to and they are not the amounts awarded by the Courts. Most of these cases are defended by the Provinces and the final payment or award if any will differ from the claimed amount. ↑

iiThe information from Free State has been revised from 2015/16 Financial Years after data cleansing as follows: 26 cases for 2015/16, 34 Cases for 2016/17, 42 Cases for 2017/18, 42 Cases for 2018/19, 44 Cases for 2019/20 and 47 Cases for 2020/21. ↑

iii.The information for Gauteng has been revised to 77 cases. ↑