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Overview of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (OPRE %u2013 2025/26)5.8 Personnel Numbers and Costs Personnel Trends Overall, for the Province, the Compensation of Employees (CoE) accounts for 66.2 per cent of the total provincial budget in 2025/26, while for Education, CoE accounts for 79.2 per cent of its budget and for Health, CoE accounts for 67.0 per cent of its budget, due to the labour-intensive nature of these sectors. Table 5.7: Personnel Numbers and Costs by Department Actual Revised estimate Medium-term expenditure estimateR thousandsPersonnel numbers1 Costs Personnel numbers1 Costs Personnel numbers1 Costs Filled postsAdditional postsPersonnel numbers1 Costs Personnel numbers1 Costs Personnel numbers1 Costs Personnel numbers1 Costs Personnel growth rate Costs growth rate % Costs of Total Vote1. Education 64 950 29 708 691 65 482 30 287 110 65 126 31 404 395 65 666 %u2013 65 666 33 221 494 65 668 35 339 375 65 679 36 412 163 65 687 38 035 817 0.0% 4.6% 53.7%2. Health 52 700 18 479 937 48 658 18 712 799 48 872 19 952 151 40 070 5596 45 666 20 010 479 48 043 21 196 760 48 106 21 439 161 48 218 22 095 691 1.8% 3.4% 31.7%3. Social Development 4 845 1 947 126 4 130 1 871 328 4 186 1 940 020 4 315 0 4 315 2 026 104 4 261 2 167 564 4 261 2 252 204 4 261 2 336 505 -0.4% 4.9% 3.3%4. Office Of The Premier 360 270 866 348 270 381 389 291 075 418 24 442 323 314 442 345 119 442 355 130 442 371 057 %u2013 4.7% 0.5%5. Provincial Legislature 379 370 507 379 391 030 379 403 272 281 107 388 432 504 388 487 529 388 439 305 388 438 318 %u2013 0.4% 0.7%6. Public Works And Infrastructure 1 993 822 682 1 856 779 380 1 786 755 128 1 225 576 1 801 828 153 1 925 899 099 1 925 923 433 1 925 965 323 2.2% 5.2% 1.4%7. Cooperative Governance And Traditional Affairs 2 601 833 111 2 623 853 139 2 610 883 721 2 549 27 2 576 947 331 2 972 1 008 474 2 972 1 075 414 2 972 1 117 891 4.9% 5.7% 1.6%8. Agriculture 2 464 1 249 443 2 471 1 300 892 2 638 1 384 015 2 447 7 2 454 1 431 722 2 555 1 486 430 2 555 1 543 746 2 555 1 606 171 1.4% 3.9% 2.3%9. Economic Development , Environmental Affairs And Tourism 526 260 572 556 279 673 567 294 637 574 0 574 317 379 574 334 097 582 370 131 582 386 803 0.5% 6.8% 0.5%10. Transport 2 851 998 053 2 438 1 058 879 2 344 1 082 727 1 989 369 2 358 1 175 200 2 683 1 313 019 2 683 1 394 998 2 683 1 457 772 4.4% 7.4% 2.0%11. Human Settlements 609 343 255 586 360 052 611 372 476 585 0 585 397 432 577 411 353 577 410 524 577 429 010 -0.5% 2.6% 0.6%12. Provincial Treasury 447 319 278 439 316 439 450 327 850 442 36 478 357 074 508 403 542 508 432 732 508 452 222 2.0% 8.2% 0.6%13. Sport, Recreation Arts And Culture 1 112 524 855 1 098 543 451 1 018 591 242 1 051 72 1 123 604 848 1 449 655 698 1 449 674 322 1 449 704 664 8.9% 5.2% 1.0%14. Community Safety 145 76 349 145 78 668 148 83 899 164 0 164 89 550 166 110 132 164 111 721 164 117 855 %u2013 9.6% 0.2%Total 135 982 56 204 724 131 209 57 103 221 131 124 59 766 609 121 776 6 814 128 590 62 162 583 132 211 66 158 191 132 291 67 834 984 132 411 70 515 099 1.0% 4.3% 100.0%2021/22 Average annual growth over MTEF 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2024/25 - 2027/28Source: Provincial Treasury Database 2025/26 Table 5.7 above depicts the total personnel costs, which increase from R56.204 billion in 2021/22 to the 2024/25 revised estimate of R62.162 billion. In 2025/26, the budget increases to R66.158 billion due to provision for salary increases and the filling of critical vacant posts by the departments. The total number of personnel employed is projected to decrease from 135 982 in 2021/22 to 128 590 in 2024/25 revised estimate with Health being the major contributor with it decreasing from 52 700 in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of 45 666 in 2024/25. The total personnel headcount is estimated to increase to 132 211 in 2025/26 from the revised estimate. The continued implementation of the management of the compensation baselines remains key in curtailing headcounts. This is demonstrated in Table 5.6 where the headcount over the outer years of the 2025 MTEF remains constrained and grows marginally to 132 291 in 2026/27 and then to 132 411 in 2027/28. The personnel growth percentage increase is largely registered under the following departments: %uf0b7 Sport, Recreation Arts and Culture at 8.9 per cent is due to mainly filling 326 posts that willbe in the new libraries with a view to open them for utilisation by the public, especially schoolchildren to contribute to the ultimate improvement of matric results.%uf0b7 Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs at 4.9 per cent is due to the filling of 396critical posts to finalise a process of implementing a new organogram for capacitation effortswithin the department.%uf0b7 Transport at 4.4 per cent is due to the appointment of 325 critical posts in order to mainlystrengthen the capacity of the department in terms of improving governance and audit88