By Lebone Rodah Mosima
The Gauteng Depart of Health (GDoH) on Wednesday rejected claims that it had failed to spend R1.2 billion of its adjusted budget, saying its latest in-year monitoring for the 2025/26 financial year instead showed it was projecting an overspend.
The department said its Prescribed PFMA In-Year Monitoring (IYM) reports showed a projected overspend primarily linked to settling outstanding payments for medicines and medical supplies, increased demand for services across facilities, and escalating costs that exceeded the inflation assumptions used in the 2025/26 budget.
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“The Department wishes to place the facts on record to ensure accurate public understanding of the Department’s financial position and operational challenges,” it said.
“It is therefore misleading to conflate the Department’s current-year spending pressures with the underspending recorded in the 2024/25 financial year.”
The department said it had
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