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Overview of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (OPRE) Financial Year 2023/24

The national Treasury is continuing to enforce the scope of the IRM to include National

government and efforts to expand it to local government.

In addition, the Province is also continuing to utilize the joint site visits, which includes the various

spheres of which the aim is to check the impact of the integration on the ground as well as the

achievement of the value for money pillars.

2023/24 INFRASTRUCTURE ALLOCATIONS

Table 1.13 (a) reflects that the bulk of the Infrastructure allocations for the 2023/24 financial year are. with
the departments of Department of Transport sharing R2.568 billion 27.46 per cent, Human Settlements
sharing R2.089 billion 22.33 per cent, Department of Education sharing R1,845 billion 19.72 per cent and

the Department of Health sharing R1.613 billion 17.24 per cent of the total Infrastructure budget of R9.355
billion for the 2023/24 financial year

Table 1.13 (a) Summary of Provincial Infrastructure Payments and Estimates per Vote

2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 % change
from 2022/23
R' 000 Audited Main Adjusted Revised Medium-term estimates
appropriation appropriation estimate
Office Of Premier 9,8
173 368 303 611 202 068 379 187 327 514 327 514 359 544 259 399 278 146
Health 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
Social Development 43 268 28 338 25 104 30 432 33 278 33 278 28 032 29 578 31 150 (15,8)
Public Works 266 002 213 698 224 173 262 472 260 972 260 972 274 139 272 745 291 781 5,0
Education 1 591 271 1 225 313 1 221 574 1 754 925 2 068 317 2 068 317 1 845 374 1 789 768 1 869 718 (10,8)
Local Government And Traditional Affairs 23 077 31 462 2 631 4 284 4 284 4 284 5 690 5 276 5 423 32,8
Rural Development And Agrarian Reform 137 481 167 635 143 697 132 605 136 926 135 244 140 301 138 390 145 533 3,7
Economic Development, Environmental Affairs And Tourism 179 459 85 202 300 089 2 823 - - 384 150 632 000 848 000 #DIV/0!
Transport 2 123 295 2 182 482 2 176 053 1 987 326 2 543 579 1 767 154 2 568 910 2 201 190 2 299 804 45,4
Human Settlements 1 897 702 1 275 152 2 147 794 2 003 160 2 053 904 2 095 277 2 089 313 2 180 577 2 278 267 (0,3)
Provincial Treasury 23 587 - - - - - - - - #DIV/0!
Sport, Recreation, Arts And Culture 33 924 14 716 52 862 60 526 72 833 72 833 47 179 51 284 55 906 (35,2)
Total 8 062 110 6 951 740 7 637 172 8 245 653 9 126 037 8 329 302 9 355 853 9 152 382 9 767 232 12,3

Table 1.13 (b) reflects the Provincial infrastructure allocations per category. In the 2023/24 financial year,

the bulk of the allocations amounting to R5.360 billion (57.30 per cent) are residing in existing infrastructure
assets as compared to new assets amounting to R488.391 thousand (5.22 per cent). This trend is in
keeping with the ongoing provincial priority to allocate funds towards the maintenance, upgrade and

rehabilitation of existing infrastructure as opposed to creating new facilities.

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