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Department: Rural Development and Agrarian Reform

8. 8. Programme description

8.1 Programme 1: Administration

Objectives: To manage and formulate policy directives and priorities and, to ensure there is appropriate
support service to all other programmes with regard to finance, personnel, information, communication
and procurement. This programme is divided into 5 sub-programmes:
x Office of the MEC: To set priorities and political directives in order to meet the needs of clients.
(For the efficient running of the MECs office).
x Senior Management: To translate policies and priorities into strategies for effective service delivery
and, to manage, monitor and control performance;
x Corporate Services: To provide support service to the other programmes with regard to human
resources management and development, Information Technology and Communication service;
x Financial Management: To provide effective support service (including monitoring and control) with
regard to Budgeting, Provisioning and Procurement; and
x Communication Services: This sub-programme proposes to focus on internal and external
communications of the department through written, verbal, visual and electronic media as well as
marketing and advertising of the departmental services.

Table 12: Summary of departmental payments and estimates sub-programme: P1 – Administration

Main Adjusted
Outcome Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change
appropriation appropriation from 2022/23
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
1. Office Of The Mec 18 690 11 545 9 936 10 113 11 715 12 096 10 772 11 982 12 532 (10.9)
2. Senior Management 48 749 39 109 47 127 52 388 31 899 47 837 53 299 54 744 57 263 11.4
3. Corporate Services 238 573 231 039 213 979 212 519 214 232 209 883 217 252 222 840 233 218 3.5
4. Financial Management 173 152 155 924 151 336 161 178 177 771 168 219 175 251 182 222 190 540 4.2
5. Communication Services 8 555 8 357 9 203 10 117 12 593 10 175 10 397 10 777 11 273 2.2
Total payments and estimates 487 719 445 974 431 581 446 315 448 210 448 210 466 971 482 565 504 826 4.2

Table 13 Summary of departmental payments and estimates by economic classification: P1 – Administration
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 from 2022/23
Current payments 442 358 403 716 393 902 424 625 424 523 424 523 437 538 451 594 472 431 3.1
Compensation of employees 322 172 314 542 311 252 338 200 311 822 311 824 347 301 352 510 368 660 11.4
Goods and services 120 168 89 174 82 650 86 425 112 701 112 699 90 237 99 084 103 771 (19.9)
Interest and rent on land 18 – – – – – – – –
Transfers and subsidies to: 25 272 28 403 30 678 15 000 15 000 15 000 15 000 15 000 15 690 0.0
Provinces and municipalities – – – – – – – – –
Departmental agencies and accounts – – – – – – – – –
Higher education institutions – – – – – – – – –
Foreign governments and internation – – – – – – – – –
Public corporations and private ente – – – – – – – – –
Non-profit institutions – – – – – – – – –
Households 25 272 28 403 30 678 15 000 15 000 15 000 15 000 15 000 15 690 0.0
Payments for capital assets 20 084 13 855 6 942 6 690 8 687 8 687 14 433 15 971 16 705 66.1
Buildings and other fixed structures – – – – – – – – –
Machinery and equipment 20 084 13 855 6 942 6 690 8 687 8 687 14 433 15 971 16 705 66.1
Heritage Assets – – – – – – – – –
Specialised military assets – – – – – – – – –
Biological assets – – – – – – – – –
Land and sub-soil assets – – – – – – – – –
Software and other intangible assets – – – – – – – – –
Payments for financial assets 5 – 59 – – – – – –
Total economic classification 487 719 445 974 431 581 446 315 448 210 448 210 466 971 482 565 504 826 4.2
Tables 12 and 13 above show the expenditure and estimates for Administration per sub-programme and
economic classification from 2019/20 to 2025/26. Expenditure for the programme decreased from
R487.719 million in 2019/20 to a revised estimate of R448.210 million in 2022/23 million owing to

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