Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana calls for improved scrutiny of how government departments spend their allocated budgets as the Appropriation Bill moves to the National Council of Provinces. According to the report, Godongwana emphasises that careful oversight is needed to ensure spending is properly reviewed and accounted for during the legislative process. The focus is on strengthening examination of departmental budget expenditure rather than on introducing or negotiating specific funding changes in the segment highlighted. The announcement is linked to the next stage of parliamentary consideration of the Appropriation Bill, which is part of South Africa’s annual budgeting framework. Godongwana’s remarks reflect concern about the adequacy of existing monitoring and review mechanisms around departmental spending, and they position scrutiny as an important element of the government’s financial accountability process. The report does not provide additional details on particular departments, spending irregularities, or proposed amendments, but frames the scrutiny request as a procedural and governance priority ahead of the Bill’s deliberations in the NCOP.