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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial Year1.8 Budget decisions The preparation of the 2025 MTEF budget coincides with the planning processes for the new term of government. To this end, the department is expected to review strides made in delivering services in line with the mandate and within the resource envelope at our disposal over this period while taking stock of areas of improvements required for planning and implementation ahead. Resource allocation will continue to be informed by the external and internal considerations aimed at intensifying support to the Local Government and Traditional Leadership institutions to deliver the much-needed services to the people of the province. This will be done within the limitations of the resources as the department strives to ensure that the supporting role to the province%u2019s Municipalities and Traditional Leadership Institutions contributes to the improvement of these institutions in the province. Notwithstanding the above, the economic growth forecast present further challenges in government%u2019s ability to meet the ever-increasing services delivery demands. Internal departmental trade-offs and re-prioritization within programmes and sub-programmes to counter the effect of the budget cuts overtime remains the tool in which resourcing to departmental priorities is managed to mitigate severe negative impact to service delivery. These initiatives are done with cost effectiveness in mind as a way of contributing to the provincial fiscal consolidation efforts. 2 REVIEW OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR (2024/25) 2.1 Key achievements The department continued providing support to institutions of traditional leaders and municipalities. The connections between District and Metro Municipalities continued to be encouraged, the establishment of the District and Metropolitan Municipal IGR Forums were facilitated. All targeted six districts and the two Metro%u2019s were monitored for their implementation of IGR functions to ensure compliance with the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act of 2005 (IGR). Total of thirty-one municipalities targeted for the period under review have received support and monitoring to ensure the effective functioning of their Municipal Public Accounts Committees (MPACs), promoting good governance. Nine out of thirteen targeted Local Municipalities were guided in ensuring that they comply with the Municipal Property Rates Act 6 of 2004 (MPRA), namely: Enoch Mgijima, Port St Johns (PSJ), King Sabatha Dalindyebo (KSD), Elundini, Makana, Raymond Mhlaba, Senqu, Sakhisizwe and Amahlathi. The Department supported ten out of thirteen targeted municipalities with Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA) compliance, through reviewing of Spatial Development Framework (SDF%u2019s), Land Use Management schemes, regulations, and capacity building, namely: Blue Crane Route, Walter Sisulu, Dr AB Xuma, Raymond Mhlaba, Ntabankulu, Mhlontlo, Sunday%u2019s River Valley, Sakhisizwe, Senqu Local Municipalities and Nelson Mandela Bay District Municipality. All thirty-nine municipalities targeted for the period under review were supported and monitored on the extent to which municipal IDPs are compliant with legislative requirements, respond to service delivery and development challenges, community priorities and mainstream gender related. Twenty-nine municipalities targeted for the period under review were supported to implement indigent policies in ensuring that there is increased access of municipal services by all, notwithstanding its socio-economic status. The Department has also conducted one Anti GVBF intervention campaign with Traditional leadership as planned. The GBVF awareness session was conducted on the 1st of August 2024 at 495