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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) – 2023/24 Financial Year
department. The department is targeting to appoint employees which include, normal appointments,

400 posts for NYS, 100 artisans and 30 traffic officers in order to strengthen governance, to improve audit
outcomes as well as to enhance revenue generation and safety on the roads.

9.2 Training

Table 31: Information on training

Main Adjusted
Outcome Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change from
appropriation appropriation
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2022/23
Number of staff 3 055 2 622 2 851 3 130 2 438 2 438 2 745 2 775 2 775 12.6
Number of personnel trained 1 116 1 110 444 1 211 1 211 328 700 900 900 113.4
of which

Male 610 602 169 658 658 161 250 350 350 55.3
Female 506 508 275 553 553 167 450 550 550 169.5
Number of training opportunities 55 66 25 66 66 35 39 48 48 11.4
of which
Tertiary 37 48 6 48 48 31 31 40 40 0.0
Workshops 2 2 3 2 2 – 2 2 2
Seminars 6 6 4 6 6 4 6 6 6 50.0
Other 10 10 12 10 10 – – – –
Number of bursaries offered 185 193 170 193 193 140 127 127 127 (9.3)

Number of interns appointed 75 84 134 84 84 142 144 144 144 1.4
Number of learnerships appointed – – – – – – – – –

Number of days spent on training 205 220 157 300 300 300 300 300 300 0.0
Payments on training by programme
1. Administration 4 419 2 173 2 820 3 022 3 022 3 022 3 200 3 342 3 492 5.9
2. Transport Infrastructure 748 164 26 489 1 089 135 6 274 1 406 1 469 4547.4
3. Transport Operations 469 24 31 1 500 103 133 1 167 1 463 1 529 778.1
4. Transport Regulation – – – – – – – – –
5. Community Based Programmes 7 286 2 224 3 684 11 038 8 839 8 839 13 103 14 634 15 290 48.2
Total payments on training 12 922 4 585 6 561 16 049 13 052 12 128 23 744 20 845 21 780 95.8

Training opportunities have increased by 11.4 per cent from 35 to 39 from the 2022/23 revised estimate
to 2023/24. The envisaged training is targeting areas that include district capacity building programmes
such as Performance Management Development System (PMDS), women empowerment and bursary

workshops, compulsory workshops for professional development and critical areas for the support
programme.

For each year, the number of bursaries awarded is informed by the number of students existing in the
bursary programme and affordability, which decreased from 140 in 2022/23 revised estimate to 127 in

2023/24. The targeted skills for the bursary are studies towards road safety, public transport, maritime,
aviation as well as civil and mechanical engineering

9.3 Structural changes

The sub-programme, ‘Operator permits and Licensing’, has been moved from Programme 4: Transport
Regulation to Programme 3: Transport Operations. The figures utilised in the table below is 2023/24 to

compare the programme structure between the 2 financial years.

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