Page 129 - Department of Social Development Annual Report 2021

PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
CONDITIONAL GRANTS
2. Early Childhood Development Conditional Grant: Free State DSD
Department/ Municipality to whom
the grant has been transferred
Reasons for the funds unspent by the
entity
Monitoring mechanism by the
transferring department
Free State Provincial Department of Social Development
The reasons for the funds that were not spent are indicated as follows:
Subsidy
• During the period March to August 2020, the country was under national lockdown with restrictions on movement.
• The process of verifying new ECD centres and signing of SLAs was finalised in the second quarter, and the SLAs were effective
from October 2020 to March 2021.
• The under-spending is due to no payments taking place during the first and second quarters of the financial year.
• In addition, some of the ECD centres could not receive their funds due to challenges with CSD registrations.
Health and Hygiene Support
• Some of the contractors did not price correctly, which resulted in Supply Chain Management re-sourcing quotations.
• High pricing of contractors required negotiations in order to accommodate the budget allocation.
Presidential Employment Initiative
• Not all batches received were from approved ECD services;
• Those received, payment could not be effected to others due to the challenges with CSD registration;
• Banking details of some approved ECD centres were not in order.
The Department uses monthly, quarterly and in-year monitoring reports.
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