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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial Year Table 8 shows a summary of payments and estimates of conditional grants per grant from 2021/22 to 2027/28. In 2021/22 the total conditional grants decrease from R332.825 to revised estimates of R322.651 million. In 2025/26, the budget grows by 4.5 per cent to R347.687 million mainly due to reallocation of the Ilima/Letsema budget which was reduced in 2024/25. The budget continues to grow moderately over the MTEF. The Comprehensive Agriculture Support programme (CASP) grant supports agricultural development by focusing on land reform beneficiaries and black producers who have private land, engage in domestic value-adding enterprises, or export, as well as revitalising agricultural colleges. The CASP grant allocation increased from R243.645 million in 2021/22 to the revised estimate of R261.158 million in 2024/25 reflecting the restoration of the baseline following the COVID-19 budget cuts. In 2025/26, the budget decrease by 5.2 per cent to R247.590 million mainly due to due to funding that is reprioritised for the blended finance scheme that is administered at the National Department of Agriculture, while funds are also made available to fund extension officers in the extension recovery planning services portion of the grant. The Ilima/Letsema projects are aimed at boosting agricultural production and investing in infrastructure that unlocks agricultural potential. The expenditure decreased from R74.591 million in 2021/22 to revised estimates of R55.965 million in 2024/25 mainly attributed once off baseline reallocation in 2024/25 for 2025/26. This explains the increase in 2025/26. The Land Care programme grant to support sustainability through community-based projects that encourage the responsible utilization and conservation of natural resources. In 2021/22, the expenditure increased from R12.513 million to revised estimates of R13.470 million mainly owing to inflationary adjustments. In 2025/26, the budget increase by 4.5 per cent to R14.073 million to continue with poverty relief and infrastructure development. In addition, EPWP grant primarily focuses on creating short-term employment opportunities. The grant decreased from R2.076 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R2.058 million in 2024/25. In 2025/26, the grant decreases further by 28.7 per cent to R1.467 million, mainly due to the introduction of a new allocation methodology that considers: (i) the capacity to generate Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs), (ii) the labour intensity of projects, (iii) the poverty count based on the 2016 Community Survey, and (iv) compliance with the Division of Revenue Act (DoRA). The Department of Agriculture's allocation was calculated at R1.467 million, with a target of 19 FTEs. 7.6.2 Conditional grant payments by economic classification Table 9: Summary of departmental conditional grants Mainappropriation Adjusted appropriation Revised estimate Medium-term estimates2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 199 154 182 730 192 403 190 397 198 768 198 768 237 018 221 989 234 011 19.2 11 905 12 827 43 049 48 050 48 050 48 050 54 062 50 374 52 639 12.5 187 249 169 903 149 354 142 347 150 718 150 718 182 956 171 615 181 372 21.4 - - - - - - - - - Transfers and subsidies 10 932 4 206 19 823 6 551 9 351 9 351 - - - (100.0)Provinces and municipalities - - - - - - - - Departmental agencies and accounts 10 932 4 206 15 496 6 551 6 551 6 551 - - - ( 100) Higher education institutions - - 4 327 - 2 800 2 800 - - - ( 100) Foreign governments and international organisations - - - - - - - - - Public corporations and private enterprises - - - - - - - - - Non-profit institutions - - - - - - - - - Households - - - - - - - - - 122 739 134 708 110 788 135 725 124 554 124 532 110 669 131 646 137 570 (11.1) 93 699 123 351 94 658 108 242 99 055 99 033 94 864 115 466 120 662 (4.2) 25 660 11 357 16 130 27 483 25 499 25 499 15 805 16 180 16 908 (38.0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 380 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 332 825 321 644 323 014 332 673 332 673 332 651 347 687 353 635 371 581 4.5 Land and sub-soil assetsSoftware and other intangible assetsPayments for financial assets TotalBiological assetsR thousand % change from 2024/25 Current paymentsCompensation of employeesGoods and servicesInterest and rent on landPayments for capital assetsBuildings and other fixed structuresMachinery and equipmentHeritage assetsSpecialised military assets Outcome Table 9 shows a summary of payments and estimates of conditional grants per economic classification from 2021/22 to 2027/28. In 2021/22 the total conditional grants decrease from R332.825 to revised estimates of R322.651 million. In 2025/26, the budget grows by 4.5 per cent 549