Question NW685 to the Minister of Social Development
14 April 2023 - NW685
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
Whether, with regard to her statement on 27 February 2023, during which she thanked all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as key partners of Government in initiating and implementing programmes in local communities that ensure no one is left behind, she will make a commitment in writing that all NGOs in each province will, as key partners of the Government, be paid their subsidies on time so that they can deliver their essential services to the communities they operate in; if not, why not; if so, by what date?
Reply:
The Department makes every effort to ensure that the subsidies are paid to NPOs on time so that they can deliver their essential services to the communities they operate. In the past there were significant delays with the processing of payments due to various reasons from the Department, the NPOs and budget cuts which impact on service delivery. However, for the current financial year Provinces paid the NPOs on time.
Where there were delays it is due to non-submission of documents, and non-compliance by the NPOs. As per February 2023, the status of funding NPOs is as follows:
|
PROVINCE |
NPOs RECOMMENDED |
PAID |
% PAID |
|
Eastern Cape |
1 234 |
1 234 |
100 % |
|
Free State |
757 |
634 |
84 % |
|
Gauteng |
1 924 |
1 852 |
96 % |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
1 070 |
1 030 |
96 % |
|
Limpopo |
798 |
770 |
97 % |
|
Mpumalanga |
638 |
607 |
95 % |
|
Northern Cape |
442 |
401 |
91 % |
|
North-West |
372 |
281 |
76 % |
|
Western Cape |
1 149 |
1 132 |
99 % |
|
TOTAL |
8 384 |
7 941 |
95 % |
The Department is currently developing an NPO System that will automate the various stages of funding processes and this will contribute to improving the payment of transfers.