Western Cape publishes third procurement disclosure report
The Western Cape was the first province to make public its Covid-19 expenditure and it continues to release this information in order to ensure procurement transparency
The minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, David Maynier, released the Western Cape Government’s third procurement disclosure report into Covid-19 spending.
According to a statement by premier Alan Winde earlier today:
This monthly report details all of the Western Cape Government’s Covid-19 expenditure and this month, also includes expenditure by provincial government entities.
The Western Cape was the first province to make public its Covid-19 expenditure and we continue to release this information in order to ensure procurement transparency. I encourage residents to read and study the report and alert us to any issues that they may discover.
In the period between April and August, the Western Cape Government has reported Covid-19 related expenditure of just over R1.4 billion, while our entities Covid-19 expenditure is R2,86 million. This amount covers all procurement ranging from PPE and cleaning materials, to the provision of quarantine and isolation facilities, and the setting up and fitting out of our Covid-19 field hospitals.
We have also once again managed to exceed the national government target of 30% procurement from SMMEs. The Western Cape Government and its entities have procured 39.48% of the total value of all of our Covid-19 related expenditure from SMMEs since April.
More information and all the reports are available here.
Covid-19 Update
As of 13:00 on 2 October, the Western Cape has 2243 active COVID-19 infections with a total of 110 416 confirmed cases and 103 978 recoveries.
Garden Route District
- Bitou – 625 cases, 596 recoveries
- Knysna – 1539 cases, 1487 recoveries
- George – 3595 cases, 3373 recoveries
- Hessequa – 325 cases, 305 recoveries
- Kannaland – 120 cases, 110 recoveries
- Mossel Bay – 2385 cases, 2262 recoveries
- Oudtshoorn 1447 cases, 1285 recoveries
The Western Cape has recorded an additional 8 deaths, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the province to 4195. We send our condolences to their families and friends at this time.
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