Treasury takes right steps to recoup funds 

24 October 2016

The Gauteng Provincial Treasury has given the greenlight to the Health department to collect outstanding monies from Gauteng Provincial Government employees who have made use of provincial health services but have failed to pay for them. 

A presentation by the Health department on their revenue collection, revealed that the department is owed a total of R342.6 million of which self-paying patients, that includes government officials owe the department R46.1 million. 

As part of a cost recovery programme, employees who owe the department money will now have these amounts debited from their salaries to ensure that funds are available for members of the public who cannot afford these services.

The DA encourages this move and hopes that this cost recovery programme is extended to other departments so that funds from negligent contractors and shoddy service providers can be returned to the fiscus and be put to meaningful use.     

Issued by Adriana Randall, DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Finance, 24 October 2016