NPOs in KZN 'to be paid by Wednesday'
The Department of Social
Development has promised to pay non-profits what's owed to them by the end of
Wednesday.
Almost 1,000 NPOs haven't received their monthly stipends since August.
The department's CFO Senzo Zungu says the delays were due to budget cuts.
"The department is funded by the provincial treasury and there had been budget cuts that have been emanating from economic crisis.
"The government does not have enough funds to give to the departments. The money allocated per month to the department is not enough to pay for all the goods and services that the department has to pay for."
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Zungu says they've introduced a new payment system which will allow NPOs to be paid in advance to avoid any complications.
"NPOs will receive four payments in October so it can alleviate the problem of late payment. After that, the NPOs will be paid in January and recover in December, January and February."
