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Overview of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (OPRE %u2013 2025/26)Department of Social Development The department%u2019s budget allocation is aligned to Priority 4 %u201cConsolidating the Social Wage through Reliable and Quality Basic Services%u201d of the PDP, and it is mainly for addressing social ills directly linked to poverty in communities, which includes amongst other things the prevention and rehabilitation of Substance Abuse, Childcare and Protection, Care of Older persons, Victim Empowerment through strengthening and intensifying Gender Based Violence programmes by offering psychosocial support services to victims of crime and violence as well as offering Social Behavioural Change programmes. The department is projecting to spend R9.683 billion over the 2025 MTEF. In 2025/26, the budget increases by 4.8 per cent to R3.115 billion from the 2024/25 revised estimate of R2.972 billion. Over the 2025 MTEF, there are additional allocations of R71.683 million for equitable share that have been made available to the department. As part of equitable share, funding was provided by national for the wage agreement amounting to R19.482 million in 2025/26 and R63.314 million over the 2025 MTEF. Furthermore, R8.369 million in 2026/27 was provided for the tools of trade for the Social Service Practitioners. As part of the funding for servicing sites connected with Broadband, the department has a reduction in its budget baseline of R12.039 million in 2025/26 and R32.962 million over the 2025 MTEF. In terms of the conditional grants from national, R7.658 million is provided in 2025/26 for the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Integrated Grant for Provinces. Economic Sectors, Investment, Employment and Infrastructure Development (ESIEID) Cluster This Cluster comprises of six departments: Public Works and Infrastructure; Agriculture; Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism; Transport; Human Settlements; and Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture. For the 2025/26 financial year, the resource envelope for the cluster amounts to R16.486 billion and it increases to R17.014 billion in the outer year of the 2025 MTEF. An analysis of the departments%u2019 budget in this cluster, is provided below. Department of Public Works and Infrastructure The department%u2019s budget is aligned to Priority 2 %u201cEconomic Transformation and Job Creation%u201d of the P- MTSF and PDP Goal 1 %u201cInnovative and inclusive growing economy%u201d, through playing a custodian role of provincial government immovable assets and being a coordinator and provider of sustainable infrastructure, resulting in socio-economic transformation and development. The department is projecting to spend R8.192 billion over the 2025 MTEF. In 2025/26, the budget decreases by 1.1 per cent to R2.654 billion from the revised 2024/25 estimate of R2.682 billion. Over the 2025 MTEF, there are additional allocations of R52.331 million for equitable share that have been made available to the department. As part of equitable share, funding was provided by national for the wage agreement amounting to R8.273 million in 2025/26 and R26.646 million over the 20254 MTEF. Furthermore, there are allocations in 2026/27 of R3.500 million for the operating leases, R17.185 million for the security electronic infrastructure and R5 million for the Facilities Management in respect of Occupational Health and Safety as well as Hygiene and Environmental Services. 68