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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) – 2023/24 Financial Year
7.5 Infrastructure payments

7.5.1 Departmental infrastructure payments

Table 9: Summary of departmental payments and estimates on infrastructure

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
Existing infrastructure assets 829 483 816 704 385 126 982 049 893 330 767 657 1 191 825 1 124 692 1 329 170 55.3
Maintenance and repairs 353 692 231 402 55 537 456 131 502 861 441 670 738 085 583 156 808 074 67.1
Upgrades and additions 89 588 178 708 53 501 220 295 155 796 157 784 104 850 230 367 305 373 (33.5)
Refurbishment and rehabilitation 386 203 406 594 276 088 305 622 234 672 168 203 348 890 311 168 215 723 107.4
New infrastructure assets 586 617 350 112 245 659 212 884 244 527 255 432 95 135 265 988 118 715 (62.8)
Infrastructure transfers – – – – – – – – –
Current – – – – – – – – –
Capital – – – – – – – – –
Infrastructure payments for financial
assets – – – – – – – – –
Infrastructure leases – – – – – – – – –
Non infrastructure 153 576 257 315 510 342 432 980 486 572 541 340 326 261 201 494 215 620 (39.7)
Total department infrastructure 1 569 676 1 424 131 1 141 127 1 627 913 1 624 429 1 564 429 1 613 221 1 592 175 1 663 504 3.1

Table 9 above shows summary of infrastructure expenditure per category from 2019/20 to 2023 MTEF.

Infrastructure spending shows a decrease from R1.569 billion in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of
R1.564 billion in 2022/23. Overall, the budget shows a positive growth of 3.1 per cent from R1.564 billion
to R1.613 billion due to additional funding allocation on the Health Facilities Revitalisation Grant. The bulk

of the budget is in the existing infrastructure for maintenance and repairs

7.5.2 Maintenance

In terms of the norms for infrastructure maintenance, a minimum of 2.5 per cent of the replacement value
of assets should be allocated for maintenance annually or 20 per cent of the overall Infrastructure

allocation. In 2023/24, the department has allocated 36 per cent which is R738.085 million of the overall
Infrastructure allocation for maintenance.

7.5.3 Non-infrastructure items

The budget for non-Infrastructure is allocated under goods and services for the maintenance of water
and sanitation systems, commissioning and recommissioning of existing facilities. In 2023/24, a total
budget of R326.261 million is allocated.

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