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Overview of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (OPRE) Financial Year 2023/24
Table 1.6: Eastern Cape Employment by sector

Qtr-to -Qtr Year-on-year
EC employment by industry Q4:2021 Q1:2022 Q2:2022 Q3:2022 Q4:2022
change change
Thousand
Agriculture 108 93 110 118 89 -28 -19
Manufacturing 115 141 157 147 167 20 52
Construction 128 116 122 124 122 -3 -6
Trade 228 229 227 268 309 42 82
Transport 84 72 99 131 135 4 10
Finance 147 139 129 141 146 5 0
Community & Social Services 333 389 402 391 373 -19 40
Private Households 97 108 119 91 101 9 4
For all values of 10 000 or lower, the sample size is too small for reliable estimates.
Do to rounding, numbers do not necessarily add up to totals.
Source: Statistics South Africa, 2022

Economic and Fiscal Risk Outlook

Despite the improvement in the fiscal outlook on government finances due to tax revenue collections, the outlook for
the near term will be constrained. Potential challenges are likely to emanate from:
x Tightening global financial conditions leading to higher borrowing costs;

x Unaffordable public services wage growth;
x Spending pressures on key government social programmes; and
x Further credit downgrades by rating agencies and grey listing of the country by the Financial Action Task Force.

DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE DELIVERY INDICATORS

Improved Access to Basic Services

Drinking Water

The EC Province has recorded significant increase in the percentage of households with access to pipe or tap water
in their dwellings, off-site or on-site. The access to improved water averaged 72 % in the period from 2018 to 2021.
The two EC metros, Buffalo City Metro (BCM) and Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Metro boasted significant improvements
in terms households with access to pipe or tap water, currently at 98.9 % and 99.2 % respectively. Despite good
rainfalls in the Province, challenges relate to inadequate investments in water catchment and water treatment pumps.

Furthermore, the recurrent electricity load shedding disrupts the continuous availability of clean drinking water.

Sanitation

The EC Province recorded an increase in the percentage of households with improved sanitation from
88.0 % to 91.7 % from 2018 to 2021. This is an indication that many households in the province have access to a

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