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Department: Cooperative Governance and Traditional AffairsGoods and Services increased from R92.084 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R122.657 million in 2024/25 mainly due to reprioritisation of funds to cater for departmental policy priorities to intensify implementation of the mandate and funding contractual obligations. In the 2025/26, the budget decreases by 3.4 per cent to R118.495 million due to once-off internal reprioritisation done in 2024/25 adjustment estimates. The department will continue providing support to municipalities and institution of TLs and key amongst other intervention will be the review of the PSDF, finalise the DMIIS, providing relief material (within budget) to communities affected by disasters, provide for running costs of planned sourcing of additional GG vehicles to augment the shortages, support the 7 Kingdoms, 6 Local House of Traditional Leaders (LHOTLs) including the programmes of the Provincial House of Traditional Leaders (PHOTLs) amongst other interventions under Goods and Services. Transfers and Subsidies increased from R8.186 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R10.906 million in 2024/25 due to honouring of employees leave gratuity and TLs gratuity payments being higher than anticipated. In the 2025/26, the budget decrease by 60.9 per cent to R4.260 million due to the negative impact of the implementation of budget cut as part of the Provincial Fiscal Consolidation efforts as well as anticipated reduction in the number of staff exiting the system through early and normal retirement. However, the department remains committed to honouring gratuity for TLs as well as paying exit benefits for employees %u2013 albeit the limited budget. Payments for Capital Assets increased from R11.273 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R20.068 million in 2024/25 due to department%u2019s effort of continuing to provide tools of trade to Kings, MEC, improving the department ICT infrastructure assets such as laptops, continuing paying finance lease Government Fleet Management Services (GFMS vehicles) and providing for 5 additional GG vehicle. In the 2025/26, the budget increases sharply by 71.9 per cent to R34.491 million due to additional allocation for capacitation of the PDMC, rescheduled funds received from PT as well as reprioritisations done within the department towards procurement of additional lap-tops to improve the aging ICT infrastructure, Traditional Councils infrastructure, service the finance lease for GFMS (GG-Vehicles). 502