PSC commissioner Michael Seloane said it was concerned about the continued failure by some departments to put systems in place to ensure suppliers received payments on time.
The Eastern Cape, North West, Gauteng and Northern Cape remain serial defaulters when it comes to the payment of suppliers.
The report is based on the final quarter of the 2019/2020 financial year, which is the period between January and March. “Although the PSC has previously noted these departments’ concerns that they were struggling with a historic debt and have since engaged National Treasury for assistance, the PSC cannot over-emphasise the impact this non-compliance has on the operations of SMMEs, especially in the current economic climate.”
Seloane said the pandemic also challenged the behaviour of public servants, raising concerns over incidents of ill-treatment meted to citizens by law enforcement officials along with reports of maladministration, ill-treatment or lack of care of particular patients at some medical facilities and poor service delivery.
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