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Department: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairsvehicles%u2019 finance lease), procurement of the tools of trade for Local House of Traditional Leaders (Office Furniture and Vehicles). In 2025/26, the budget increases by 55.3 per cent to R24.691 million due to reprioritisation of fund for contractual obligations relating to the servicing of the finance lease from GFMS (GG-Vehicles) with a request being made for an additional 12 vehicles over the MTEF period, procurement of furniture and laptops as part of improving the aging movable asset register base on these items as well as disaster relief truck and snow clearing machine. 8.2 Programme 2: Local Governance Purpose: To ensure the transformation of developmental local government by strengthening municipal institutions that will be responsive to the needs of the communities. The Programme has 5 subprogrammes: %uf0b7 Municipal Administration: To provide support services and monitor the effective municipal administration matters within the regulatory framework. %uf0b7 Municipal Finance: To provide support services and monitor the implementation of efficient and effective financial management systems in municipalities in accordance with applicable Acts. %uf0b7 Public Participation: To deepen democracy for better service delivery. %uf0b7 Capacity Development: To provide support and management services to municipalities in respect of capacity building. %uf0b7 Municipal Performance Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation: To provide effective, coordinated, and hands-on support to municipalities, to improve performance, monitoring, reporting and evaluation services. Table 13: Summary of payments and estimates by sub-programme: Programme 2: Local Governance Outcome Main appropriationAdjusted appropriation Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change from 2024/25R thousand 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2025/26 2026/27 2027/281. Municipal Administration 14 433 14 533 16 473 20 745 20 742 20 742 53 476 56 619 59 056 157.82. Municipal Finance 9 477 10 628 11 664 12 072 11 317 11 317 12 530 13 907 15 121 10.73. Public Participation 202 015 199 924 213 686 235 773 232 737 232 737 237 658 243 358 250 471 2.14. Capacity Development 8 275 9 536 10 909 9 158 9 271 9 271 9 812 11 074 12 178 5.85. Municipal Performance Monitoring, Repo 10 209 10 121 11 871 13 371 12 767 12 767 13 050 15 264 16 556 2.2Total payments and estimates 244 830 244 321 264 603 291 119 286 834 286 834 326 526 340 222 353 382 13.82024/25 Table 13 above reflects the programme expenditure summary per-sub programme from 2021/22 to 2027/28. The total programme expenditure increased from R244.321 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R286.834 million in 2024/25 due to the on-going recruitment drive and to enhance the implementation of the DDM while stepping up the visibility of support to municipalities. In 2025/26, the budget increases by 13.8 per cent to R326.526 million mainly due to relocation of IGR and District Coordination from Programme 1: Administration, internal reprioritisation, and additional funds to address municipal infrastructure intervention (technical skills). The department is still committed to ensuring that critical vacancies within the Programme are filled and that the mandate of supporting municipalities is carried out within the available funding. 508