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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial Year8 PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION 8.1 Programme 1: Administration Objectives: To manage and formulate policy directives and priorities and, to ensure there is appropriate support service to all other programmes with regard to finance, personnel, information, communication and procurement. This programme is divided into 5 sub-programmes: %uf0b7 Office of the MEC: To set priorities and political directives in order to meet the needs of clients. (For the efficient running of the MECs office); %uf0b7 Senior Management: To translate policies and priorities into strategies and programmes for effective service delivery and to manage, monitor and control performance; %uf0b7 Corporate Services: To provide support service to other programmes with regard to human resources management and development, Information Technology and Communication service; %uf0b7 Financial Management: To provide effective support service (including monitoring and control) with regard to Budgeting, Provisioning and Procurement; and %uf0b7 Communication Services: To facilitate communication of information about the policies, programmes and services of the Department through written, verbal, visual, electronic, digital communication, unmediated communication, customer care, media, marketing, advertising, stakeholder relations and intergovernmental communication. Table 12: Summary of departmental payments and estimates sub-programme: P1 %u2013 Administration 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. Office of the MEC 12 027 9 936 12 317 11 882 13 608 13 608 13 321 13 384 13 785 (2.1)2. Senior Management 48 813 47 127 54 075 57 329 55 266 55 266 55 834 58 719 64 605 1.03. Corporate Services 215 534 213 979 226 382 215 574 229 543 229 543 236 474 253 277 249 428 3.04. Financial Management 151 336 174 032 173 179 184 073 186 949 186 949 202 900 217 094 206 905 8.55. Communication Services 9 203 9 748 9 105 18 734 17 718 17 718 14 292 14 743 15 318 (19.3)Total payments and estimates 431 581 460 154 475 058 487 592 503 084 503 084 522 821 557 217 550 041 3.92024/25Table 12 above shows the expenditure and estimates for Administration per sub-programme from 2021/22 to 2027/28. Expenditure for the programme increased from R431.581 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R503.084 million in 2024/25 million mainly owing to additional budget for wage agreement. Furthermore it relates to reprioritisation primarily to ease contractual obligations including operating payments, communication services, computer services and households for staff exit claims. In 2025/26, there is a growth of 3.9 per cent with a budget of R522.821 million mainly attributed additional budget for wage agreement as well as reprioritisation for contractual obligations such as computer services and property payments. 551