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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) – 2023/24 Financial Year

8.. Programme description

8.1 Programme 1: Administration

Objectives: To provide leadership, strategic management, direction, financial and human capital
management in accordance with legislation, regulations and policies of the department and its public
entities. The Programme is divided into 4 sub-programmes:

x Office of the MEC: To effectively and efficiently manage and direct the activities of the MEC;
x Office of the HOD: To manage and direct the departmental transversal administrative programmes
that give leadership to the department and effectively maintain an oversight function of the whole
department’s mandate and function;
x Financial Management: To provide an effective financial management function and ensure
implementation of the PFMA and other related financial regulations and policies; and
x Corporate Services: To ensure adequate provision of institutional capacity through effective human
capital management and organisational development interventions.

Table 15: Summary of payments and estimates by sub-programme: P1 – Administration
Main Adjusted
Outcome Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change from
appropriation appropriation 2022/23
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
1. Office of the MEC 1 446 312 216 1 561 1 871 1 871 943 1 717 1 745 (49.6)
2. Office of the HOD 51 674 24 638 25 690 31 135 30 724 30 724 31 433 36 312 33 636 2.3
3. Financial Management 114 033 84 369 81 799 104 013 92 794 92 794 83 411 91 519 76 459 (10.1)
4. Corporate Services 58 464 79 149 92 866 104 334 109 050 109 050 113 234 118 315 98 497 3.8
Total payments and estimates 225 617 188 468 200 571 241 043 234 439 234 439 229 021 247 863 210 337 (2.3)
Table 16: Summary of payments and estimates by economic classification: P1 – Administration
Main Adjusted
Outcome Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change from
appropriation appropriation 2022/23
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Current payments 211 169 177 203 182 869 219 845 215 086 215 086 208 528 222 571 195 112 (3.0)
Compensation of employees 117 238 113 582 115 289 135 551 127 117 127 117 124 366 133 694 136 368 (2.2)
Goods and services 93 931 63 621 67 580 84 294 87 969 87 969 84 162 88 877 58 744 (4.3)
Interest and rent on land – – – – – – – – –
Transfers and subsidies to: 4 169 2 088 3 567 3 425 2 403 2 403 2 875 3 072 1 410 19.6
Provinces and municipalities – – – – – – – – –
Departmental agencies and accounts – – – – – – – – –
Higher education institutions – – – – – – – – –
Foreign governments and international organisations – – – – – – – – –
Public corporations and private enterprises – – – – – – – – –
Non-profit institutions – – – – – – – – –
Households 4 169 2 088 3 567 3 425 2 403 2 403 2 875 3 072 1 410 19.6
Payments for capital assets 9 972 9 107 13 954 17 773 16 950 16 950 17 618 22 220 13 815 3.9
Buildings and other fixed structures – – – – – – – – –
Machinery and equipment 9 972 9 107 13 954 17 773 16 950 16 950 17 618 22 220 13 815 3.9
Heritage Assets – – – – – – – – –
Specialised military assets – – – – – – – – –
Biological assets – – – – – – – – –
Land and sub-soil assets – – – – – – – – –
Software and other intangible assets – – – – – – – – –
Payments for financial assets 307 70 181 – – – – – –
Total economic classification 225 617 188 468 200 571 241 043 234 439 234 439 229 021 247 863 210 337 (2.3)
Tables 15 and 16 above show the summary of payments and estimates per sub-programme and per
economic classification from 2019/20 to 2025/26. Expenditure for the programme increased from
R225.617 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of R234.439 million in 2022/23 due to internal
reprioritisation. In 2023/24, it decreases by 2.2 per cent to R229.021 million.
Compensation of Employees increased from R117.238 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of
R127.117 million in 2022/23. In 2023/24, the budget decreases by 2.2 per cent to R124.366 million due to
the attrition posts in relation to the restructuring on the 2018 Organisational Structure on the person to post
matching of employees that was not matched to the structure and whereby these posts will not be replaced.

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