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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) %u2013 2025/26 Financial YearTable 22: Summary of departmental payments and estimates by economic classification: P4 %u2013 Sport and Recreation Outcome Main appropriationAdjusted appropriation Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change from 2024/25R thousand 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28Current payments 137 283 134 307 143 028 154 805 147 703 146 438 150 524 159 143 166 450 2.8Compensation of employees 66 644 66 771 71 652 80 558 71 806 70 608 78 233 82 461 86 171 10.8Goods and services 70 639 67 536 71 376 74 247 75 897 75 830 72 291 76 682 80 279 (4.7)Interest and rent on land %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 Transfers and subsidies to: 17 794 24 835 21 722 19 227 19 740 19 902 19 816 19 395 20 286 (0.4)Provinces and municipalities %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 Departmental agencies and accounts 1 200 %u2013 1 700 1 500 1 500 1 500 1 500 1 500 1 568 0.0Higher education institutions %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Foreign governments and international organisations %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Public corporations and private enterprises %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Non-profit institutions 23 500 16 098 17 867 17 029 17 029 17 029 17 616 17 895 18 718 3.4Households 1 335 496 2 155 698 1 211 1 373 700 %u2013 %u2013 (49.0)Payments for capital assets 2 309 2 496 715 215 1 006 1 006 455 2 238 2 338 (54.8)Buildings and other fixed structures 227 1 966 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Machinery and equipment 2 082 530 715 215 1 006 1 006 455 2 238 2 338 (54.8)Heritage Assets %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Specialised military assets %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Biological assets %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Land and sub-soil assets %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Software and other intangible assets %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Payments for financial assets %u2013 %u2013 2 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013Total economic classification 161 451 157 573 165 467 174 247 168 449 167 346 170 795 180 776 189 074 2.12024/25Table 21 and 22 above shows the summary of departmental payments and estimates for programme: P4 %u2013 Sports and Recreation for the 2024 MTEF period. The total expenditure for Sport and Recreation increased from R161.451 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R167.346 million in 2024/25 due to increased investment in sports mass participation activities in the form of marathons, boxing, netball, rugby, and soccer tournaments. These include the women%u2019s rugby development projects like the annual %u201cGeneva Scholtz%u201d Rugby Tournament in Middleburg. In 2025/26, the budget increases by 2.1 per cent to R170.795 million due to the increased transfers to sports federations to increase participation levels of communities, especially the youth as a strategy of removing them from self-destructive activities like drugs and alcohol abuse. Compensation of employees increased from R66.771 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R70.608 million in 2024/25 financial year, due to improvements in conditions of service for staff. In 2025/26, the budget increases by 10.8 per cent to R78.233 million due to employment of sports coordinators to work in the communities to spearhead active lifestyles and healthy living and the accommodation of the cost-of-living adjustments for members of staff. Goods and services increased from an expenditure of R67.536 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R75.830 million in 2024/25 financial year. The increase in expenditure was due to the normalisation of mass sport participation events in the form of boxing, netball, soccer, and athletics events including the training programmes of coaches, referees, and sports administrators. In 2025/26, the budget decreases by 4.7 per cent to R72.291 million due to the reduced allocation from National Treasury for the mass participation and sport development grant. Transfers and subsidies decreased from R24.835 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R19.902 million in 2024/25 financial year due to the discontinuation of the Covid relief grants to sports activists as a form of social relief during the pandemic. Transfers and subsidies decrease by 0.4 per cent to R19.816 million in 2025/26 due to reduced budget for leave gratuities as there are fewer people retiring. Payment for capital assets decreased from R2.309 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R1.006 million in 2024/25 due to the completion of a project of borehole construction in Butterworth. The borehole would be a water resource for the sports swimming pool in the town. In 2025/26 financial year, capital spending will decrease by 54.8 per cent to R455 thousand due to reduced sports equipment of a capital nature. 835