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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial YearThe key challenges with collecting revenue and contributing to the under collection in 2024/25 are: %uf0b7 Slow construction on awarded bids for the installation of cell-masts due to delays by municipalities in issuing of permits required for Cellmats. Out of 50 sites awarded in March 2023, 5 sites were completed; %uf0b7 The cancellation of the award for the billboards by the service provider; and %uf0b7 Slow progress in implementation of the long-term lease strategy due to funding challenges of developers after the award. As a result since 2019/20 to 2023/24, 191 properties were advertised of which 51 were recommended. Of this amount, 35 were approved and only 15 leases were concluded and no construction has commenced yet. 3 OUTLOOK FOR THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR (2025/26) The 2025/26 financial year brings to the fore the 7th Term of Administration. The Department takes tune from the Government commitments of maximising job creation, foster an inclusive economy, and strengthen service delivery through social and economic infrastructure development and building a capable and developmental state as enunciated in the Provincial Medium Term Development Plan (P-MTDP %u2013 2025 to 2029). As a response to these commitments above, DPWI in the 2025/26 will focus on the Outcomes in line with the priority areas and strategic interventions, as discussed below. Outcome 1: Sustainable infrastructure investment The Department plans to focus on sustainable infrastructure projects, pursue Public Private Partnership investment option, avail properties to private investors for development and optimise revenue generation initiatives for economic growth and investment. In this regard, the Public Public Partnership Funding Model to implement the Bhisho Precinct has been pursued. Infrastructure investment is a critical role acknowledged as being at the heart of economic recovery, advancing sustainable economic growth, reducing poverty, and progressively changing disparate spatial outcomes of the province. In order to realise this outcome through strengthening of infrastructure delivery and sustainable infrastructure, attributes that have been identified in the 2025/26 Annual Performance Plan (APP) are as follows: %uf0b7 Planning, designing and implementation (Construction and Maintenance) will target 208 Infrastructure projects on behalf of the client departments i.e. Education, Health and Other departments, which are as follows: o 11 infrastructure designs ready for tender; o 77 Capital infrastructure projects under construction; o 21 Capital infrastructure projects completed; o 53 Maintenance infrastructure projects under construction; and o 46 Maintenance infrastructure projects completed. %uf0b7 Optimal utilisation of the provincial immovable asset portfolio and public infrastructure to facilitate socio-economic development of the province and grow the economy of the Eastern Cape and the country at large will be pursued. In this regard the department will focus on the following initiatives: o Revenue to be generated is estimated at R95 million; o Implementation of 4 Revenue Enhancement Strategy Initiatives that will lead to 160 leases concluded, which entail: %uf0d8 6 Long-term commercial leases for property investment; %uf0d8 10 Short-term commercial leases for income generation; %uf0d8 140 Residential properties leased out for income generation; and 295