The KwaZulu-Natal department of health is in a shambles and owes service providers R1.7bn.
This comes after the provincial department was in the news for alleged medicine shortages.
On Monday scores of service providers embarked on a protest march demanding their money. Some said the department had not paid them for more than a year. They included SMMEs, which are according to legislation supposed to be paid within a month of rendering services.
DA KZN spokesperson on health Dr Imran Keeka called for consequences.
The DA notes with concern that businesses in KwaZulu-Natal are owed an estimated R1.7bn by the provincial department of health. The staggering sum is revealed in response to a DA written parliamentary question, said Keeka.