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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) 2023/24 Financial Year
the department will continue with the coordination and rolling out of youth development programmes

including the Isiqalo Youth fund.

Efforts will also be expanded to support provincial departments to finalise their organisational structures

and the implementation of Annual Human Resource Plans will be closely monitored to ensure that
departments are prioritising posts in areas that are most critical to their mandates through the Provincial

Coordinating and Monitoring Team (PCMT) process. The implementation of the e-recruitment system
continues to deliver recruitment efficiencies due to automated recruitment processes. The department
reviewed its Service Delivery Model and developed a new programme structure that is aimed at beefing

up capacity of the department in the critical function areas such as ICT and the co-ordination of
investments in the province. This will be implemented vigorously in 2023/24 including the function shift
that are currently underway.

4. Reprioritisation

The department continues to reprioritise its budget to ensure that core policy areas of the department are
protected. The implementation of budget ceilings mostly on non-core service delivery activities in order to
make funds available for the core functions. Areas that have received priority in 2023/24 include scaling

up of youth programmes in order to deal with high rate of youth unemployment; Property payments that
were under budgeted for; provision for legal costs made to deal with pressures for litigation; restoration of
the baseline emanating from the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions affecting items such as Venues and

Facilities.

5. Procurement

The department has a number of key projects planned in its 2023/24 procurement plan. These include the
following: appointment of service provider to provide Provincial Leadership Development programme for

a period of 36 months; provision of Marketing and Branding Professional Services for a period of 24
months; appointment of a service provider for the procurement and installation of conference systems for

departmental boardrooms in OTP Bhisho Offices; appointment of panel of professional service providers
for the placement of adverts on newspapers as and when required for a period of 36 months; appointment
of a service provider to provide event management services for the Office of the Premier for a period of 24

months. The department will continue with SITA as an implementing agent for the broadband project.

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