KZN Treasury has committed to tighten the screws on how Covid-19 funds are spent after reports of misuse of public funds at two provincial departments this week. | Covid19SA
Durban - KZN Treasury has committed to tighten the screws on how Covid-19 funds are spent after reports of misuse of public funds at two provincial departments this week.
The budget had to be adjusted in order to avail R6.2bn for a provincial Covid-19 response and this was done by reprioritising budgets for some departments. “Also impacted were expenditure items related to hosting events and these were identified as savings to be used towards the Covid-19 budget requirements.
“It was also accepted that there would be delays in filling posts this year, and departments and entities were thus required to identify and to retain the budget for critical posts, while any savings from posts that could be delayed to be filled next year were used to source the R6.2bn. “The total amount that the province has estimated that is required for the Covid-19 response is around R11.5bn,” he said.
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