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Department: Sport, Recreation, Arts and CultureService Delivery Measures Table 23: Selected service delivery measures for the programme: P4: Sport and Recreation Estimatedperformance Medium-term estimatesProgramme performance measures 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28% of coordination initiatives convened 100% 100% 100% 100%Number of sport and recreation policy frameworks developed 2 1 2 2Number of sport organisations receiving transfer payments monitored 4 3 3 4Number of clubs provided with equipment and/or attire to enable participation in sport and or recreation (Sector Indicator) 120 99 99 99Number of local leagues supported 130 123 135 130Number of athlete development programmes supported by the sports academies (Sector Indicator) 5 4 5 4Number of sport development programmes implemented 26 33 35 35Number of sport promotion campaigns implemented 7 54 60 70Number of programmes implemented by ECSC 7 8 6 6Number of sport programmes supported for designated groups %u2013 7 4 5Number of people trained in club development %u2013 340 350 370Number of people trained to deliver academy programmes 350 360 370 380Number of major sports and recreation events supported 5 5 5 5Number of people trained in active recreation 80 320 330 340Number of hubs provided with equipment and/or attire to enable participation in sport and or recreation (Sector Indicator) 133 80 80 80Number of sport and recreation programmes in communities supported 1 216 150 180Number of provincial indigenous games festivals implemented. 9 1 1 2Number of learners supported to participate in national school sport championships 676 741 800 760Number school sport programmes at provincial level 240 4 4 5Number of school sport programmes supported at district and local level %u2013 144 120 125Number of people trained to deliver school sport programmes 181 410 120 125Number of schools provided with equipment and/or attire to enable participation in sport and recreation (sector indicator) 552 240 240 240Number of people employed to deliver school sport programmes %u2013 19 19 19Number of ambassador programmes supported 4 8 5 5 Table 23 above shows the selected service delivery measures for Programme 4 %u2013 Sport and Recreation. The department will continue to create job opportunities through participation in sport and recreation. The key service delivery policy areas are skewed to the number of people actively participating in organised sport and active recreation events, learners supported to participate in school sport, volunteers capacitated in coaching, technical officiating, and administration. 9 OTHER PROGRAMME INFORMATION Personnel numbers and costs by programme Table 24: Personnel numbers and costs Personnel numbers As at 31 March 2022As at 31 March 2023As at 31 March 2024As at 31 March 2025As at 31 March 2026As at 31 March 2027As at 31 March 20281. Administration 597 587 587 590 665 665 665 2. Cultural Affairs 297 296 303 290 340 340 340 3. Library and Archives Services 109 79 88 98 300 300 300 4. Sport and Recreation 109 136 40 145 144 144 144 Direct charges %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 Total provincial personnel numbers 1 112 1 098 1 018 1 123 1 449 1 449 1 449 Total provincial personnel cost (R thousand) 524 855 543 451 591 242 604 848 655 698 674 322 704 664 Unit cost (R thousand) 472 495 581 539 453 465 486 1. Full-time equivalentTable 24 above shows that the number of personnel increased from 1112 officials in 2021/22 to an estimated 1123 officials at the end of March 2025. The is due to the hiring of contract employees under sport and recreation to work as sport co-ordinators for the roll-out of sport and recreation programmes in schools and in communities in general. This is in line with a department%u2019s strategic objective of improving the health profile of the province whilst at the same redirecting the youth away from self-destructive behaviours like abuse of alcohol and drugs. In 2025/26 accommodation in provided for additional staffing for new libraries and in other provincial libraries. 836