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Department: Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture

Table 23 above shows the selected service delivery measures for Programme 4 – Sport and Recreation.

The department will continue to create job opportunities through participation in sport and recreation. The
key service delivery policy areas are skewed to the number of people actively participating in organised
sport and active recreation events, learners supported to participate in school sport, volunteers capacitated

in coaching, technical officiating, and administration.

9 Other programme information

9.1 Personnel numbers and costs by programme

Table 24: Personnel numbers and costs

As at As at As at As at As at As at As at
Personnel numbers
31 March 2020 31 March 2021 31 March 2022 31 March 2023 31 March 2024 31 March 2025 31 March 2026
1. Administration 468 480 597 490 665 665 665
2. Cultural Affairs 311 314 297 298 340 340 340
3. Library And Archives Services 115 103 109 88 300 300 300
4. Sport And Recreation 135 147 109 123 144 144 144
Direct charges – – – – – – –
Total provincial personnel numbers 1 029 1 044 1 112 999 1 449 1 449 1 449
Total provincial personnel cost (R thousand) 540 233 519 398 524 855 567 475 585 325 597 918 609 918
Unit cost (R thousand) 525 498 472 568 404 413 421
1. Full-time equivalent
Table 24 above shows the increase of posts caused by new mandates such as the establishment of a new
district i.e. Buffalo City Metropolitan, the separation of Corporate service and Finance, based on

Department of Public Service and Administration generic structures and the National Treasury Generic
Model (Chief Financial Officer Model), Language Act, Archives Act; the elevation of Communications,
Risk and Security; IT; total restructuring of Museum structures, establishment of the Eastern Cape

Provincial Geographical Names Committee (ECPGNC) and Eastern Cape Provincial Heritage Resources
Agency (ECPHRA).

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