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Department: 6RFLDO 'HYHORSPHQW

Tables 4 and 5 reflect a summary of payments and budgeted estimates per programme and per economic
classification respectively. The department expenditure increased from R2.621 billion in the 2019/20 financial
year to a revised estimate of R2.811 billion in 2022/23. In 2023/24, the budget increases by 0.8 per cent from
R2.811 billion to R2.833 billion due to additional allocation received for Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
Awareness, Social Behavioural Change and compensation of employees for the carry through costs of the
2022/23 cost of living adjustments.
Expenditure on compensation of employees increased from R1.762 billion in 2019/20 to a revised estimate
of R1.929 billion in the 2022/23. In 2023/24, the budget decreases by 0.7 per cent from R1.929 billion to
R1.916 billion due to discontinued cash gratuity in the 2023 MTEF period.

Expenditure on goods and services increased from R381.306 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of
R430.558 million in 2022/23. In 2023/24, the budget increases by 4.3 per cent from R430.558 million to
R448.941 million due to reclassification of Social Relief of Distressed and Sanitary Dignity Towels from
households to goods and services in accordance with the National Treasury (NT) Classification Circular 21
of 2018.
Expenditure on transfers and subsidies decreased from R381.056 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of
R370.751 million in the 2022/23 financial year. In 2023/24, the budget increases by 4.4 per cent from
R370.751 million to R387.037 million due to additional allocation received for Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
Awareness and Social Behavioural Change.
Expenditure on payments for capital assets decreased from R96.751 million in the 2019/20 to a revised
estimate of R80.365 million in 2022/23. In 2023/24, the budget increases by 0.9 per cent from
R80.365 million to R81.081 million due to an increased allocation for office furniture of newly built offices.

7.4 Expenditure by municipal boundary
Table 6: Summary of departmental payments and estimates by benefiting municipal boundary

Main Adjusted Revised % change
Outcome Medium-term estimates
appropriation appropriation estimate from 2022/23
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Buffalo City 223 789 223 398 250 357 245 580 249 678 249 334 254 923 266 008 278 008 2.2
Nelson Mandela Bay 304 079 291 622 322 828 316 792 321 910 320 985 328 145 342 623 358 090 2.2
District Municipalities 1 320 364 1 307 681 1 447 815 1 374 886 1 400 161 1 397 115 1 430 846 1 492 082 1 559 240 2.4
Sarah Baartman 159 776 151 732 185 019 171 170 174 290 173 438 177 755 185 406 193 753 2.5
Amatole District Municipality 246 682 245 973 272 576 246 382 250 928 252 659 258 694 269 784 281 926 2.4
Chris Hani District Municipality 259 931 256 718 283 178 267 014 271 962 270 550 276 912 288 754 301 748 2.4
Joe Gqabi District Municipality 151 885 156 605 173 598 179 316 182 731 182 694 186 838 194 701 203 456 2.3
O.R. Tambo District Municipality 302 648 298 702 317 554 306 834 312 235 310 895 317 724 331 512 346 450 2.2
Alfred Nzo District Municipality 199 442 197 951 215 890 204 170 208 015 206 879 212 923 221 925 231 907 2.9
Unallocated 773 436 758 370 756 572 832 154 838 315 844 238 819 790 850 744 889 534 (2.9)
Total Payments 2 621 668 2 581 071 2 777 572 2 769 412 2 810 064 2 811 672 2 833 704 2 951 457 3 084 872 0.8

Table 6 above shows the summary of departmental payments and estimates by benefiting municipal
boundaries. The allocation to districts is based on the population figures per district, poverty levels,
unemployment rate, staff establishment and the distance, residential centres that are located within the six
municipalities and two metros as well as the extent of social ills per district. In 2023/24, the budget is
increasing by 0.8 per cent while it is decreasing by 2.9 per cent for the Whole Province due to reduced
allocation received for EPWP Incentive grant, discontinued EPWP Integrated grant for 2023/24 and
discontinued funding for cash gratuity over the 2023 MTEF period.

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