The MEC for Finance, Ms Motlalepula Rosho, will in compliance with the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) Section 38(1)(f) (Act No. 1 of 1999), launch the 30-Day Payment Awareness Campaign, as an intervention to fast-track payments of outstanding supplier invoices by provincial departments and their entities. The PFMA requires the accounting officer for a department to settle all contractual obligations and pay all money owing, including intergovernmental claims, within the prescribed or agreed period.

“Departments and their entities are not fully compliant to the prescribed 30 days-payment and this is adversely impacting on the sustainability of the suppliers’ businesses, hence the need for this campaign” MEC Rosho said. This campaign is in support of Treasury Regulation 8.2.3, which provides that “unless determined otherwise in a contract or other agreement, all payments due to creditors must be settled within 30 days from receipt of an invoice or, in the case of civil claims, from the date of settlement or court judgment.”

MEC Rosho will announce and outline details of the Campaign as follows:

Date: Monday, 31 January 2022

Time: 18:00

Platform: North West Provincial Treasury Facebook Page (LIVE Broadcast)

The Campaign will be officially launched as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 01 February 2022

Time: 09:00 AM

Venue: Mmabatho Convention Centre

The campaign will be launched in Mahikeng in the Ngaka Modiri Molema and is expected to cover the remaining districts throughout the month of February 2022.

Members of the media are invited to the launch of the campaign on Tuesday, 1st Feb 2022 and are requested to confirm attendance by sending names and that of their media houses to KPatel@nwpg.gov.za(link sends e-mail) and cc VMooki@nwpg.gov.za(link sends e-mail)

For more information contact Ms. Kesalopa Gill on 079 548 6352 / 018 388 4048 / 3239 / kgill@nwpg.gov.za

Source: Government of South Africa