WESTERN CAPE COVID-19 BUDGET : Province to disclose PPE procurement details to avoid corruption

The leader of the opposition ANC in the province, Cameron Dugmore, asked when this information would become available.During the debate, Dugmore called out the DA-led government for claiming that the national government had neglected the province in terms of financial support. Maynier had earlier said, “when the storm hit, we found out national government ran out of money”.

Health MEC Dr Nomafrench Mbombo shared similar sentiments, saying when increased cases in the province began to emerge, the Western Cape was “dubbed Cape Wuhan and made to feel like we were on our own”.“Mr President, you and your government failed the Western Cape… you failed the people of the Western Cape.”

Dugmore said, “MEC Maynier wants to give an impression we are on our own” but the Western Cape was not the only province that had suffered budget cuts. Closing off Wednesday’s debate, Maynier told Dugmore: “We are on our own in the fight against Covid-19 in the Western Cape”, and accused the national government of not delivering on its promise of R2-billion to the province.

Specific departmental budgets were to be debated on Thursday and Friday, with the provincial budget expected to be pushed through on Friday afternoon.

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