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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial Yearmodel for the libraries should be reviewed since this is a Provincial mandate and the department cannot fully fund it. The department is further confronted by a growing demand from communities for the repatriation of human remains of their loves ones who were freedom fighters but died in foreign countries. Additional funding has been allocated for this project where twelve human remains are targeted for 2025/26 financial year. The Acts, rules, and regulations The department derives its mandate from the Constitution (Schedule 4, 5 and Chapter 2) as well as other legislations such as: %uf0b7 Public Finance Management Act No. 1 of 1999 (PFMA); %uf0b7 Municipal Finance Management Act, No 56 of 2003 (MFMA); %uf0b7 Public Service Amendment Act No Act 30 of 2007; %uf0b7 Division of Revenue Act; %uf0b7 Cultural Institutions Act, 1998; %uf0b7 Cultural Promotions Act, 1983; %uf0b7 National Arts Council Act, 1997; %uf0b7 National Heritage Council Act, 1999; %uf0b7 National Heritage Resources Act, 1999; %uf0b7 South African Geographical Names Council Act, 1998; %uf0b7 National White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage (1996); %uf0b7 EC Use of Official Languages Act 2016; %uf0b7 EC Provincial Library and information services Act No 6 of 2003; %uf0b7 National Archives and Records Service Act, No. 43 of 1996 as amended; %uf0b7 Provincial Archives and Records Service Act, No 7 of 2003; %uf0b7 Eastern Cape, Promotion of Access to Information Act, No 2 of 2000 (PAIA); %uf0b7 Promotion of Administrative Justice Act No 3 of 2000 (PAJA); %uf0b7 Promotion of Personal Information Act No 4 of 2013 (POPIA); %uf0b7 Minimum Information Security Standards of 1996 (MISS); %uf0b7 Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, No 25 of 2002 (ECTA); %uf0b7 Copyright Act No 9 of 2002 as amended; and %uf0b7 National Sport and Recreation Act 110 of 1998. Budget decisions The department%u2019s allocation for 2025/26 was crafted following a cluster approach where the Department Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture (DSRAC) was working with other departments in the Economic Sectors, Investment, Employment and Infrastructure Development (EISIEID) and Governance, State Capacity and Institutional Development (GSCID) clusters. The clusters were guided by the 9 intervention areas of the provincial integrated programme. The department will contribute to the following areas of intervention: %uf0b7 Inclusive Early Childhood Development and Learner Attainment 813