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Overview of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (OPRE %u2013 2025/26)The infrastructure bottlenecks identified will continue to be progressively escalated through these established institutional structures for Infrastructure i.e. through the Departmental Provincial Steering Committees (PISCs) and thereafter for further intervention and escalation to the Technical Provincial Infrastructure Coordination Council (T-PICC) and Provincial Infrastructure Coordinating Council (PICC) for final resolution. 5.6 Provincial Public%u2010Private Partnership (PPP) projects There are currently no PPP projects being funded over the 2025 MTEF period.5.7 Transfers Transfers to Public Entities The province has 10 provincial public entities as per Schedule 3 of the Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999 (PFMA), as amended. Of these, 6 are listed as government nonbusiness entities (Schedule 3C), whilst 4 public entities are listed as government business enterprises (Schedule 3D). Table 5.5 below, indicates the provincial public entities have received R7.742 billion in funding over the past 4 years while an estimated R6.237 billion is planned to be transferred over the 2025 MTEF. Public entities directly employ over 1 962 people excluding board members and generate approximately R1.5 billion in own revenue. The number of people employed has increased slightly from the previous years due to the appointment of interns and placement of unemployed. Details of transfers to public entities are presented in the relevant Votes in the Estimates of Provincial Revenue and Expenditure, and a full report is presented in the publication for Estimates of Public Entities Revenue and Expenditure. Table 5.5: Summary of Provincial Transfers to Public Entities by Transferring Departments MainappropriationAdjustedappropriationRevised estimateR thousand 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28E01 IDZ: East London Industrial Development Zone (Pty) Ltd (ELIDZ) 402 096 263 556 199 585 113 753 123 753 123 753 95 155 94 231 96 674 (23,1) 0,8E02 ECD: Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) 321 017 328 407 593 220 337 377 339 377 339 377 416 715 374 195 369 010 22,8 (5,8)E03 PAC: Eastern Cape Provincial Arts and Culture Council (ECPACC) 36 120 13 120 20 465 20 645 24 233 24 233 23 239 23 239 24 285 (4,1) 2,3E04 GBB: Eastern Cape Gambling Board (ECGB) 61 961 70 043 70 725 70 382 70 382 70 382 68 952 68 143 71 209 (2,0) 1,7E05 ELB: Eastern cape Liquor Board (ECLB) 72 316 74 480 99 623 87 509 88 759 88 759 82 467 80 971 84 615 (7,1) 1,3E06 PTA: Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Board (ECPTA) 359 385 287 306 283 103 275 867 261 440 261 440 281 904 249 101 239 415 7,8 (7,8)E07 RDA: Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency(ECRDA) 232 608 221 885 232 879 227 144 227 144 227 144 238 577 247 686 253 485 5,0 3,1E08 SEC: Eastern Cape Socio Economic Consultative Council (ECSECC) 78 845 83 813 88 685 85 328 86 612 86 612 98 864 94 688 99 009 14,1 0,2E09 CDC: Coega Development Corporation (CDC) 438 123 304 356 321 526 786 455 354 709 354 709 397 016 639 986 871 904 11,9 (100,0)E10 MTC: Mayibuye Transport Corporation (MTC) 145 190 143 259 154 528 163 567 163 567 163 567 170 666 214 424 168 108 4,3 2,0Total payments and estimates 2 147 661 1 790 225 2 064 339 2 168 027 1 739 976 1 739 976 1 873 555 2 086 664 2 277 714 7,7 10,3Avg from 2025/26 to 2026/27Audited Outcome2024/25Medium-term receipts estimate % change from 2024/25Source: Provincial Treasury Database 2025/26 Transfers to Development Corporations The province has two (2) Special Economic Zones i.e. East London Special Economic Zone (ELSEZ) and Coega Special Economic Zones (CSEZ), which will receive in 2025/26, R95.155 million and R397.016 million, respectively. Funds transferred to ELSEZ will be utilised to fund the operations, maintenance of the zone and capital infrastructure. The substantial increase in transfers to CSEZ is as a result of funding for the Budget Facility for Infrastructure (BFI) project for the return water effluent project. Over the 2025 MTEF, transfers received consist 86