The state’s bad record in paying businesses gets worse
Government departments’ ‘nonpayment’ of invoices to service providers hits more than R11bn. Only 15 of the 40 national departments paid invoices on time. Invoices paid after 30 days by national and provincial departments related to 117,158 invoices totalling R11.1bn. This is a regression of 12% from the number of invoices paid after 30 days during the first quarter of 2022/23.