Five provinces record low spend on Covid-19 fund

Johannesburg - Five provinces have recorded low expenditure on the R466-million emergency funds allocated and transferred for the buying of personal protection equipment and ventilators in April.

Director-general Avril Williamson said Gauteng , KwaZulu-Natal , Limpopo and North West were the provinces that fully spent their allocations. Although Mpumalanga spent the R33m allocation, the report submitted to the portfolio committee showed that the province was still finalising its implementation of interventions.

The Eastern Cape, Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape recorded zero expenditure though funds were transferred in May for a six-month period. The amount allocated was for emergency water supply, sanitisation of public transport and facilities as well as provision of shelter and food for the homeless.

He also said the R9bn from the Municipal Infrastructure Grant was not reduced but re-purposed to respond to Covid-19.

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