The department is currently dealing with various internal issues pertaining to the settlement of its supplier accounts. This communication therefore serves to appraise you of these recent developments in order to keep you informed of the situation directly from Head Office.
With the approach of the end of the financial year in sight, the department is experiencing a growth in its accruals in relation to the available cash flow. This has necessitated a lightening of the control environment for the payment of creditors, including inter alia, restricting control to the department's transversal systems and the centralisation of payment processing. These arrangements exclude payments to suppliers from the conditional grant funding.
Every effort is currently being made to pay outstanding invoices this financial year; however, additional funding has been requested from Provincial Treasury to accommodate the settlement of accumulated accruals. Funding will however be available in the latter half of April 2011, for the settlement of the remainder of account balances.
Please do not hesitate to contact the department's contact centre at 0800 0323 64 should you have any further queries whatsoever.
Source: Eastern Cape Health
