Education

District

1. Details

2. Reasons

3. Impact on learners

4. Intervention by minister

Cape Winelands

Gideon Mabasa (Mabasa Transport)

• The contractor submitted an invoice in April 2020 for transport of Grade R learners, of which the approval was not received by the EDO at the date of receipt of the invoice.
• The EDO could therefore not process the payment at date of receipt of invoice, as payment of the invoice would have constituted irregular expenditure.
• The approval for the transport of the learners was done in August 2020 and received thereafter by the EDO.
• Once the approval was received by the EDO, the payment was processed and paid in September 2020.

There was no impact as the Grade R learners were not back at school during that period.

No intervention required.

Metro North

Rout 90: Nawente Cleaning and Transports

1 June 2020 – 19 June 2020: NOT PAID

22 June 2020 – 03 July 2020: NOT PAID

6 July 2020 – 17 July 2020: PAID LATE

No learners were impacted as there were no learners on the route. In the case of the late payment, correct claims were only submitted at the end of September.

No intervention required.

Overberg

Gaffley’s Transport Services

Contractor withheld invoices for the payment periods: 

* 1 June – 19 June 2020;

* 22 June – 3 July 2020;

* 6 July – 24 July 2020 and

* 3 August – 21 August 2020.

The contractor was not satisfied with the payment method being used during the periods listed above. Invoices for the period 1 June – 19 June 2020 were sent to the district office on 28/08/2020, the remainder of the payment periods have yet to be settled, as the contractor has not supplied the full documentation for those periods. The contractor has been advised that they must provide this before payment can be made.

There was no impact on the learners travelling, all learners were transported.

No intervention required.

Daniels Taxi (Devolved Route)

Contractor was not paid for the period June 2020 – Aug 2020. The school responsible for the administration of the learner transport services failed to submit their claims on time, resulting in them being unable to pay the contractor for services rendered. The contractor was paid in full on 30/09/2020.

There was no impact on the learners travelling, as all learners were transported to and from schools.

No intervention required.

42

All LTS providers were paid for the period June to September 2020. 42 LTS contractors received late payments for services rendered during the period 22/06/2020-03/07/2020. This is a result of late submission of LTS invoices by the providers. The district’s LTS section received invoices between 07/07/2020 and 19/07/2020.

No impact. Transport providers continued with transportation of learners for the months of July, August and September 2020.

No intervention required.

Eden and Central Karoo - No late payments

Metro Central - No LTS contracts

Metro East - No late payments

Metro South - No late payments