Question NW2421 to the Minister of Finance
05 August 2022 - NW2421
Ceza, Mr K to ask the Minister of Finance
(a) What total number of municipal employees have been reported to her department to have companies that conducted business with the State across the Republic in the past three financial years and (b)(i) what is the nature of the disciplinary action that has been taken against such employees?
Reply:
The National Treasury does not have information on the number of municipal employees doing business with the State, as such cases are not reported to the National Treasury. However, the National Treasury has data from Central Supplier Database which has been compared to payments data (Basic Accounting System) from the National and Provincial Departments. The following number of individuals (municipal employees) are linked to businesses that have been paid through BAS by National or Provincial Departments:
Financial Year |
Number of Officials |
2019/20 |
1086 |
2021/21 |
890 |
2021/22 |
657 |
It must be noted that the data above is based purely on identity number matches and has not been interrogated further to ascertain whether there is any wrongdoing.