The Mpumalanga Provincial Government and its entities have so far spent more than R600 million in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
This was spelled out by the premier of the province, Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane during the hastily sanctioned media briefing yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon.
“In an effort to assist the national commitment to curtail misappropriations of funds during the pandemic, I have directed all departments and entities to prepare and providea detailed report of all COVID-19-related expenditures incurred since the invocation of the national state of disaster in March. This report outlines the full list of companies from which goods were procured from March to date. It also contains the nature and quantity of goods purchased, and the unit and overall costs that were incurred,” she said.
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“We do this because this administration has committed itself to clean, ethical, and transparent governance for the benefit of the people of Mpumalanga. Since the advent of the state of disaster, and throughout the invocation of different levels in accordance with the risk-adjusted strategy to gradually open economic activities, the provincial government and its entities have incurred expenditure amounting to R610 million,” Mtshweni-Tsipane announced.
