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Department: Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture

like the departmental events. Events like the commemoration of institutionalised days are now no longer

done through the filling of stadiums with masses of people who are bussed and fed but are rather marquee
sized events. The main area of focus now is the legacy left in the communities where the events are held
e.g., leaving a modular library. In 2023/24, the budget decreases by 1.4 per cent to R192.257 million due

to the function shift to the Office of the Premier. Shifted functions to OTP are the payment of Microsoft
Licences and the commemoration of some days.

Transfers has increased from R151.962 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of R155.251 million in

2022/23, due to the increased transfer to the department’s entity ECPACC for film industry development
(the new telenovel: “Gqeberha”, currently taking place in Gqeberha). The total budget for transfers
decreases by 3.2 per cent to R150.355 million in 2023/24 due to projected decrease in leave gratuities.

Payments for capital assets increased from R44.050 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of
R86.330 million in 2022/23 due to greater investment in the renovation of museums and arts centres since
most of them are in a dilapidated state. In 2023/24, the decrease by 24.2 per cent to R65.457 million is
due to projected completion of some projects which will now move to a maintenance stage. These include

Cookhouse, Fort Beaufort and Izingcuka Libraries and also the Butterworth Borehole.

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