17 Mar 2026

Minister for State President, Defence and Security Mr Moeti Mohwasa has told Parliament that companies and organisations had contributed P4,532,640 to the National Disaster Management Fund, which was established for the flood that occurred between February and March 2025. 

Responding to a parliamentary question from Molepolole North MP, Mr Arafat Khan on Monday, Minister Mohwasa said the companies and organisations deposited funds directly into the various commercial bank accounts while some companies made donations in kind to the ministry. 

He said to further enhance accountability, the ministry engaged a private firm, Forvis Mazars Group SC in October 2025 to audit all cash and in-kind donations and the audit report was expected to be finalised and publicised soon. 

MP Khan had asked the minister to state the total amount of money which was contributed by the private sector and other organisations to the National Disaster Management Fund established for the floods that occurred between February and March 2025. 

He asked the minister to further state the names of all companies and organisations that contributed to the fund and the exact amount of money contributed by each and how funds were disbursed with a list of beneficiaries stating each by name or organisation and the amount of money they each received with a brief description of the purpose for which funds were used. 

The legislator further asked the minister to state what governance, oversight and accountability measures were put in place to ensure prudent utilisation of the fund, including procurement rules, approval processes and beneficiary selection criteria and also to state whether the fund would be independently audited and if so by whom and by which date the audit report would be tabled in Parliament. ENDS