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Department: Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture

libraries. These include the libraries in Fort Beaufort, Alice, Mount Frere, and Cookhouse. Expenditure in

conditional grants will decrease by 5.5 per cent to R254.286 million in 2023/24 financial year, due to the
infrastructure projects which will have been completed.

Conditional grants expenditure on compensation of employees increased from R72.260 million in 2019/20
to a revised estimate of R76.390 million in 2022/23. The increase was caused by the increase in the

number of new libraries and the improvement in the conditions of service for conditional grant employees.
In 2023/24, budget for compensation of employees under the grants increases by 19.1 per cent to R90.960

million due to employment of librarians to open the newly built libraries.

Goods and services increased from R81.121 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of R86.347 million in
2022/23 due to increased expenditure for internet connectivity in the libraries of the province as the target

was to cover all 217 libraries of the province and the procurement of e-books for Eastern Cape libraries.
The other reason is the increase in the number of hubs (areas of activity) that are covered by the Mass
Participation Programme. In 2023/24, goods and services decrease by 7.5 per cent to R79.864 million due
to decreased allocation towards travelling for meetings as these will take place using digital platforms.

Transfers and subsidies decreased from R53.988 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of
R52.707 million in 2022/23, due to the less transfers paid to sport federations since the international
participation was put on hold during the COVID-19 period. Transfers will increase in 2023/24 by 0.1 per

cent as international participation will be resuscitated.

Payments for Capital Assets increased from R21.645 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of
R53.673 million in 2022/23, due to the resuscitation of the Community Library Grant projects after a quiet

period in 2020, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Capital spending for the conditional grants will decrease
by 42.8 per cent to R30.713 million in 2023/24 due to the projected completion of various libraries namely,
Cookhouse, Fort Beaufort, and Jeffries Bay Libraries. Funds will be reprioritised towards ensuring

functionality in all the newly built libraries.

7.8 Transfers

7.8.1 Transfers to public entities

Table 10: Summary of transfers to public entities by entity

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
Eastern Cape Provincial Arts and Culture Council 12 720 22 120 36 120 11 120 13 120 13 120 11 145 11 145 11 644 (15.1)
Total departmental transfers 12 720 22 120 36 120 11 120 13 120 13 120 11 145 11 145 11 644 (15.1)

Table 10 above shows the summary of transfers to public entities by entity. The department only has one
entity, namely the Eastern Cape Provincial Arts and Culture Council (ECPACC), which is responsible for
fostering developments in Arts and Culture. The total allocation for ECPACC increased from

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