The Mpumalanga Provincial Treasury established a Call Centre to focus on the 30-day payment process for service providers who do business with the Provincial departments and entities.
The Call Centre was announced by the former MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Mr Sikhumbuzo Kholwane, as part of initiatives to improve business processes, which include payment of suppliers within the stipulated timeframe
The Call Centre focuses mainly on invoice queries.
The Call Centre has been in operation since 01 July 2016.
The MEC for Finance, Mr. Bonakele Majuba has appealed to departments to pay services providers before the end of the month.
Addressing the provincial legislature on the occasion of tabling of the second Provincial Adjustments Appropriations Bill on Wednesday, 5 March 2025, MEC said all invoices must be settled with out delay.
“We have already issued a circular to all departments to ensure that all valid invoices for services rendered this year must be processed before the end of this month”, said MEC Majuba. As the financial year draw closer, it was also an opportune moment to remind the departments to ensure accountability on the use of public resources.
“We appeal to all departments to ensure that every rand and cent is accounted for at the end of this financial year,” he emphasised.
The second adjustments budget for the 2024/25 financial year increased the total provincial budget from R62.9 billion to R63.1 billion.
MEC is expected to table the provincial budget for the new financial year later this month.
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