{"id":14948,"date":"2025-11-10T13:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-public-service-commission-reports-32-regression-in-timely-payment-of-invoices-by-government-departments\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:21","slug":"sa-public-service-commission-reports-32-regression-in-timely-payment-of-invoices-by-government-departments","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-public-service-commission-reports-32-regression-in-timely-payment-of-invoices-by-government-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Public Service Commission reports 32% regression in timely payment of invoices by government departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PSC revealed a 32% regression in timely payments during the 2024\u20132025 financial year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the PSC\u2019s quarterly bulletin, national departments paid 143 245 invoices later than 30 days, with an outstanding value of $370 million as of the end of the financial year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis indicates a regression of 32%, or 34 328 invoices, when compared to the number of invoices paid after 30 days by national departments in the 2023\u20132024 financial year,\u201d said Public Service Commissioner, Anele Gxoyiya.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The PSC has called for strict consequences management against Accounting Officers who fail to comply with the legal requirement to pay service providers within 30 days of receiving an invoice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gxoyiya warned that persistent non-payment not only undermines service delivery but also jeopardises the sustainability of small and medium enterprises that rely on timely government payments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC\/ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13096,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-14948","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"South Africa's (SA) Public Service Commission (PSC) has raised concern over the worsening delays in the payment of service providers by government departments. ","published_date":null,"news_description":"South Africa's (SA) Public Service Commission (PSC) has raised concern over the worsening delays in the payment of service providers by government departments. ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19391,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14948\/revisions\/19391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}