Question NW2129 to the Minister of Basic Education

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29 June 2015 - NW2129

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Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(a) What amount was spent on school furniture in respect of each province under Goods and Services (i) in the (aa) 2013-14 and (bb) 2014-15 financial years and (ii) from 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available, (b) to which schools was the school furniture delivered, (c) what was the inventory delivered and (d) when was the furniture delivered to each school?

Reply:

The responses below were sourced from the provincial education departments.

  1. (i) (aa) (bb) (ii)

PROVINCES

Spend 2013/14

Spend 2014/15

 

R'000

R'000

Eastern Cape

51 900 000

18 209 835

Free State

3 307 000

51 469 000

Gauteng

30 391 214

43 000 000

KwaZulu-Natal

47 455 000

88 990 716

Limpopo

30 002 000

297000

Mpumalanga

35 015 000

28 717 000

Northern Cape

1 389 000

16 367 000

North West

19 511 000

18 365 000

Western Cape

35 170 086

31 914 362

TOTAL

254 140 300

297 329 913

Information for 2015/16 has been requested from the province and will be made available once received.

  1. (c) (d)

 

2013/14 Financial year

2014/15 Financial year

PROVINCES

No of schools that received furniture in 2013/14

Total quantities delivered 2013/14

No of schools that received furniture in 2014/15

Total quantities delivered 2014/15

Eastern Cape

580

116083

1012

388 675

Free State

 

 

 

 

Gauteng

417

93354

380

53 162

KwaZulu-Natal

6

505

1631

151 215

Limpopo

320

41899

486

13 733

Mpumalanga

487

64201

449

74 749

Northern Cape

7

1368

7

93

North West

10

884

343

33 381

Western Cape

761

151192

814

75 602

TOTAL

2588

469486

5122

790610

NB: In KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape Provinces schools procure furniture using the Norms and Standard for school funding allocations. Outstanding information from the Free State Province has been requested and will be made available once received.

Quantities delivered include, combination desks, learners tables, chairs and teachers furniture.

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