GP Education Department has R318 million in outstanding invoices

10 June 2015

In response to questions posed by the Democratic Alliance (DA), the Gauteng Education Department has indicated that it has R318 million worth of invoices older than 90 days.

Of this, R8 million is older than 180 days, R6 million older than 1 year, R4 million older than 2 years, and R1 million older than 3 years.

Sizeable outstanding monies include amongst others:

-  R2.6 million to The Ifirm Trading and Projects

-  R1.1 million to Soya Feeding Solutions

-  R7.3 million to Eduloan

-  R3.9 million to McKinsey Inc

-  R1.4 million to the Auditor General

-  R18 million to Department of Infrastructure Development

-  R5.1 million to Edeling van Niekerk Inc

-  R1.5 million to the Ekurhuleni Metro

-  R26 million to Hi Way Parkhome and Thobilem JV

Please click here for the full list.

The department’s failure to pay service providers timeously has a serious impact on the delivery of its core mandates.

At the very end of this line of debt are the learners of this province whose futures are compromised because of poor financial management.

The DA will be following up on each one of the affected contracts and request a plan to address all outstanding invoices.

Every teacher and every learner in Gauteng waiting for better classrooms, more chairs and tables, new playing fields and other basic equipment will be denied these opportunities until the department clears this backlog.

Statement issued by Ashor Sarupen MPL, DA Gauteng Spokesperson: Finance, June 10 2015