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Department: Rural Development and Agrarian Reform

Table 14: Summary of departmental payments and estimates sub-programme: P2 – Sustainable Resource
Management

Main Adjusted
Outcome Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change
appropriation appropriation
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 from 2022/23
1. Agricultural Engineering Services 58 927 53 398 53 590 62 510 65 033 62 436 67 620 69 494 72 647 8.3
2. Land Care 21 191 13 248 22 642 19 478 19 478 19 478 16 857 16 202 16 946 (13.5)
3. Land Use Management 56 022 48 178 49 883 53 136 52 208 54 687 54 548 54 856 57 338 (0.3)
4. Disaster Risk Reduction – – 5 440 2 923 3 301 3 420 3 626 3 948 4 130 6.0
Total payments and estimates 136 140 114 824 131 555 138 047 140 020 140 021 142 651 144 500 151 061 1.9

Table 15: Summary of departmental payments and estimates by economic classification:
P2 – Sustainable Resource Management

Tables 14 and 15 above show the summary of payments and estimates for Sustainable Resource Use
and Management per sub-programme and economic classification from 2019/20 to 2025/26. Expenditure
of the programme increased from R136.140 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of R140.021 million

Main Adjusted
Outcome Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change
appropriation appropriation
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 from 2022/23
Current payments 128 767 106 632 118 719 129 038 125 235 125 236 139 193 140 886 147 280 11.1
Compensation of employees 94 121 90 706 93 554 105 750 97 348 97 348 108 007 109 627 114 586 10.9
Goods and services 34 646 15 926 25 165 23 288 27 887 27 888 31 186 31 259 32 694 11.8
Interest and rent on land – – – – – – – – –
Transfers and subsidies to: – 2 301 7 641 3 676 3 676 3 676 – – – (100.0)
Provinces and municipalities – – – – – – – – –
Departmental agencies and accounts – 2 301 3 618 3 676 3 676 3 676 – – – (100.0)
Higher education institutions – – – – – – – – –
Foreign governments and international organisations – – – – – – – – –
Public corporations and private enterprises – – – – – – – – –
Non-profit institutions – – – – – – – – –
Households – – 4 023 – – – – – –
Payments for capital assets 7 373 5 891 5 195 5 333 11 109 11 109 3 458 3 614 3 781 (68.9)
Buildings and other fixed structures 346 – – – 440 440 – – – (100.0)
Machinery and equipment 7 027 5 891 5 195 5 333 10 669 10 669 3 458 3 614 3 781 (67.6)
Heritage Assets – – – – – – – – –
Specialised military assets – – – – – – – – –
Biological assets – – – – – – – – –
Land and sub-soil assets – – – – – – – – –
Software and other intangible assets – – – – – – – – –
Payments for financial assets – – – – – – – – –
Total economic classification 136 140 114 824 131 555 138 047 140 020 140 021 142 651 144 500 151 061 1.9
in 2022/23 due to once off allocation for drought interventions in (CASP and ILIMA) to support farmers
with fodder around the Sarah Baartman area, and also provide support to all districts with training and
development capacity. Also, the increase is owing to the function shift of Geographic Information System
(GIS) and Disaster Management from Research and Technology Development to be correctly aligned
under the Disaster Risk Reduction sub-programme. The budget for 2023/24 increases by 1.9 per cent to
R142.651 million, mainly to cater for the filling of carry-over posts. There is a steady growth over the two
outer years.

Compensation of employees increases from R94.121 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of R97.348
million in 2022/23 ascribed to the filling of critical posts expected to be finalised at year-end. In 2023/24,
there is an increase of 10.9 per cent to R108.007 million, largely to cater for the carry-over posts from the
2022/23 ARP.

Goods and services decreased from R34.646 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of R27.888 million
in 2022/23 due to government fiscal consolidation and government’s policy to curtail the public sector wage
bill. In 2023/24 the budget increases to R31.186 million by 11.8 per cent mainly ascribed to the payment
for casual labourers which has been moved from Transfers and subsidies in line with the Circular 21 a
these were administered by ECRDA. The MTEF budget caters for software licence for engineering,

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