The Gauteng department of social development has denied allegations of underspending while organisations beg to differ. Earlier this month Democratic Alliance Gauteng Shadow MEC for social development, Refiloe Nt’sekhe said the poor and vulnerable were at risk of starvation after the Gauteng department of social development failed to spend R438.1 million of its annual budget.
But the department’s spokesperson Feziwe Ndwayana said the department spent 93% of its budget and delivered on its mandate. Ndwayana said expenses included 74 mobile phones for social workers and care packs for 38 victim-friendly rooms for eight NPOs procured for the 2020/21 financial year. “Following the demand for vehicles in 2019/20, the department invested R95 million for the provision of vehicles to all NPOs that have applied for vehicles,” he said.
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