Gauteng Health Department returns R570-million unspent budget [SOUND]

# The Gauteng Health Department has returned 570-million-rand to Treasury after failing to spend 1.1-billion-rand of its 2023/24 budget. According to the head of Gauteng Health, Arnold Malotana, the department secured approval to roll over only 530 million-rand for the current financial year. He revealed this at a Legislature meeting, where he also disclosed that 3.45-billion-rand is owed to suppliers. The DA’s Jack Bloom highlighted the impact this has on patients: