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

1.8. Aligning departmental budgets to achieve government’s prescribed.

The department has been affected by reductions in allocations over the 2021 MTEF which is still a factor
in terms of service delivery targets for 2023 MTEF as the department plans from that lower base while the

operating environment has changed due to removal of COVID-19 regulations.

The 2023/24 initiation Programme will be conducted within the confines of the legislation and risk adjusted
strategies in safeguarding the initiates against initiation fatalities. The initiation takes place over two season
in each year, of which the season is preceded by awareness campaigns on safe customary male initiation.

During the 2020/21 initiation seasons, the winter season was deferred due to lockdown during the June
and July 2020 Lockdown levels.

Municipalities continues to struggle in the area of revenue collection and the effects of COVID-19 are still

felt by municipalities especially in the categories of households and business debts. Municipalities, in
collaboration with other government stakeholders are embarking on economic recovery plans to deal with
the advent of COVID-19 over 2023 MTEF period.

2. 2. Review of the current financial year (2022/23)

2.1. Key achievements

Public participation remains critical in improving citizen interface and government responsiveness, as such
twenty-nine municipalities were supported to have functionality ward committees for effective community

participation on municipal activities. Eighteen municipalities against 33 targeted were supported to comply
with the Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000) (MSA) Regulations on the appointment of senior
managers, namely, Amathole, Amahlathi, Ngqushwa, Makana, Sundays River Valley, Senqu, Sakhisizwe,

Nyandeni, Great Kei, Ingquza Hill, Alfred Nzo, Amahlathi, Senqu, Sakhisizwe, Nyandeni, Great Kei,
Ingquza Hill and Matatiele. This intervention seeks to ensure that only suitable officials are appointed to
the management positions in municipalities. Furthermore, capacity building interventions were held with

three municipalities, namely Ntabankulu, Amathole and OR Tambo. The department further analysed
organograms from Ngqushwa and Umzimvubu Municipalities as part of the requirements of the Local
Government (LG) Staff Regulations mandating municipalities to submit organograms to the Department

to comment on the compliance with the underlying regulations.

The lessons learnt in District Development Model (DDM) showed a need to create DDM awareness,
focusing on DDM policy, DDM resourcing and theory of change targeting local municipalities, organised

business sector and civil society. The Department assisted the District and Metropolitan Municipalities to
review their one in line with the National Assessment recommendation.

In response to the national urgent call to deal with the scourge (which is now referred to a real pandemic)

of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), 15 against 16 targeted municipalities were supported and monitored on
the implementation of GBV programmes, namely; Joe Gqabi, Elundini, Senqu, Walter Sisulu, Matatiele,

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