KZN Transport says R1.5 Billion payment delay affects over 2,000 service providers [SOUND]

# KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements Department has confirmed that over two-thousand service providers are affected by payment delays totaling 1.5-billion-rand. Spokesperson, Ndabezinhle Sibiya, says the backlog is caused by technical issues from the new Standard Chart of Accounts V6 system, used for classifying, budgeting, recording, and reporting revenues and expenditures in government financial systems. He assured payments within two weeks: